Table 1.

Baseline demographic characteristics, cardiac risk factors and angiographic findings of recruited patients (n=37)

Sex - no. (%)
Male	27 (73 %)
Female	10 (27 %)
Age - yr *	58 (± 11)
Risk factors - no. (%)
Diabetes mellitus	8 (21 %)
Hypertension	19 (52 %)
Hypercholesterolemia	20 (54 %)
Previous MI	3 (8 %)
Current or recent smoker	23 (62 %)
Family history of premature CAD	10 (27 %)
X-ray angiography findings
No CAD >50%	17 (46 %)
Single vessel	9 (24 %)
Two-vessel	7 (19 %)
Three-vessel	4 (10 %)
LAD disease	12 (33 %)
LCX disease	8 (21 %)
RCA disease	15 (41 %)

MI = myocardial infarction.

CAD = Coronary artery disease

LAD = left anterior descending coronary artery

LCX = left circumflex coronary artery

RCA = right coronary artery