Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants.

Variables	Groups	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Gender	Male	118	74.7
	Female	40	25.3
ACS sub-groups	Normal	30	19.0
	STEMI	58	36.7
	Non-STEMI	34	21.5
	Unstable	36	22.8
Hypertension	No	59	46.1
	Yes	69	53.9
Diabetes	No	83	64.8
	Yes	45	35.2
History of cardiac infarction	No	78	60.9
	Yes	50	39.1
Previous cardiac catheterization	NO	85	66.4
	Yes	43	33.6
CABG	No	121	94.5
	Yes	7	5.5
Family history of heart disease	No	101	79.5
	Yes	26	20.5
Anticoagulants	No	79	61.7
	Yes	49	38.3
Streptokinase	NO	82	64.1
	Yes	46	35.9
Smoking status	Non smoker	60	39.5
	Smoker	92	60.5

ACS = acute coronary syndrome, CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting, STEMI = ST-elevation myocardial infarction.