Table 1 Predictors of coronary artery C‐reactive protein immunoreactivity in the Tampere Coronary Study series.
Negative | Positive | p Value | ||
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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.