Table 2.

Demographics of the study population in the CAD and CAD-free groups

	CAD = 991	CAD-free = 387	p-value
Age (yr)	61.38 ± 9.81	58.78 ± 12.3	< 0.001
Males	79.8%	65%	< 0.001
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)	26.74 ± 3.54	25.35 ± 3.45	< 0.001
Glucose (mmol/l)	5.84 ± 1.6	5.51 ± 0.93	< 0.001
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	5.56 ± 1.17	5.44 ± 1.11	n.s.
HDL (mmol/l)	1.19 ± 0.31	1.42 ± 0.42	< 0.001
LDL (mmol/l)	3.73 ± 0.99	3.52 ± 0.93	< 0.01
Triglycerides (mmol/dl)	1.92 ± 1.05	1.48 ± 0.68	< 0.001
Diabetes Mellitus	20.1%	7.2%	< 0.001
Hypertension	65.4%	40.4%	< 0.001
Current smokers	65.6%	41.1%	< 0.001