Table 1.
Basic clinical data of the Icelandic and Hungarian patients with cardiovascular diseases.
| Icelandic patients with | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Angina pectoris | New AMI | Survivors of a previous AMI | Hungarian patients with documented significant CAD* |
| No. of patients | 74 | 85 | 112 | 233 |
| Date of collection | 1995–97 | 1995–97 | 1995–97 | 1994–96 |
| Age, years, mean ± s.d. | 65·9 ± 10·2 | 63·6 ± 13·3 | 65·3 ± 12·7 | 58·4 ± 8·9 |
| Males/females | 44/30 | 58/27 | 74/38 | 155/78 |
| AMI in case history, yes/no | 0/74 | 0/85 | 112/0 | 125/108 |
| Never/quit/current smoker | 20/34/20 | 24/25/36 | 27/57/28 | 77/138/18 |
| Years of smoking, mean ± s.d. | 34·6 ± 13·5 | 32·9 ± 14·7 | 33·3 ± 13·7 | 34·7 ± 11·3 |
| Hypertension, yes/no | 47/27 | 48/36 | 75/37 | 115/118 |
| DM or pre-DM, yes/no* | 18/56 | 23/62 | 35/77 | 53/180 |
| Serum total cholesterol, mmol/l, mean ± s.d. | 6·25 ± 1·3 | 6·01 ± 1·14 | 5·98 ± 1·12 | 6·17 ± 1·35 |
| Serum triglycerides mmol/l, mean ± s.d. | 1·87 ± 0·89 | 1·92 ± 0·88 | 1·95 ± 1·06 | 1·91 ± 0·86 |
| Serum LDL-cholesterol, mmol/l, mean ± s.d. | 4·37 ± 1·29 | 4·15 ± 1·00 | 4·05 ± 1·05 | 4·21 ± 1·06 |
| Serum HDL-cholesterol, mmol/l, mean ± s.d. | 1·06 ± 0·35 | 0·97 ± 0·36 | 1·03 ± 0·33 | 1·24 ± 0·25 |
| Pecutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, yes/no | 25/49 | 6/78 | 25/84 | 15/218 |
| Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), yes/no | 20/54 | 1/83 | 28/81 | 233/0 |
| Coronary angiography (CAG), yes/no | 62/12 | 7/77 | 73/36 | 233/0 |
*
Coronary artery disease. AMI: acute myocardial infarction; DM: diabetes mellitus; LDL: low density pipoprotein; HDL: high density lipoprotein.