Table 1 Baseline characteristics (n = 41).
| Age (years) | 55.9 (10.9) |
| Men | 19 (83%) |
| Diabetes | 3 (7.3%) |
| Hypertension* | 12 (29.3%) |
| Current smoking | 8 (19.5%) |
| Previous smoking | 15 (36.6%) |
| Hypercholesterolaemia† | 32 (78%) |
| Family history of coronary disease | 19 (46.3%) |
| Previous myocardial infarction | 6 (14.6%) |
| Artery | |
| Right coronary | 19 (46.3%) |
| Left anterior descending | 16 (39%) |
| Left circumflex | 6 (14.6%) |
| Clinical presentation | |
| No angina‡ | 11 (26.8%) |
| Stable angina | 14 (34.1%) |
| Unstable angina | 6 (14.6%) |
| Myocardial infarction | 10 (24.4%) |
Data are mean (SD) or number (%).
*Blood pressure ⩾160/95 mm Hg or treatment for hypertension; †total cholesterol >5.57 mmol/l or treatment for hypercholesterolemia; ‡these patients were studied at scheduled follow up angiography.