Table 1 Predictors of coronary artery C‐reactive protein immunoreactivity in the Tampere Coronary Study series.

		Negative	Positive	p Value
		n = 25	n = 36
Gender (M/F)		18/7	24/12	0.439*
Mean (SD) age (years)		59.4 (22.0)	66.3 (16.9)	0.172†
Mean (SD) BMI (kg/m2)		26.7 (5.8)	26.5 (6.0)	0.895†
Cardiac death (+/−)		4/21	12/24	0.111*
LAD%
None		14 (60.9%)	9 (39.1%)
<50%		8 (40.0%)	12 (60.0%)
⩾50%		3 (16.7%)	15 (83.3%)	0.017*
LAD calcification (+/−)		4/21	16/20	0.018*
Heart weight (g)
<550		9 (60.0%)	6 (40.0%)
551–800		9 (50.0%)	9 (50.0%)
>801		3 (21.4%)	11 (78.6%)	0.096*

BMI, body mass index; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery.

*χ² test.

†t test.