Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population (n = 67).

Age (years) (mean ± SD)	59.3 ± 8.5
Males (n, %)	56 (84)
BMI (kg/m2) (mean ± SD)	26.9 ± 2.9
Anterior MI (n, %)	39 (59)
Inferior MI (n, %)	17 (25)
Other MI locations (n, %)	11 (16)
PTCA (primary) (n, %)	18 (27)
Thrombolysis (n, %)	49 (73)
PTCA (rescue) (n, %)	16 (32)
Peak CK-MB (U/L)	277 ± 186
Peak Troponin I (ng/ml)	3.9 ± 16.5
Hypertension (n, %)	39 (58)
Dyslipidemia (n, %)	33 (49)
Diabetes (n, %)	13 (19)

Data are expressed in mean ± standard deviation (SD) or percentage (%).

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CK-MB, creatin kinase-MB; MI, myocardial infarction; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.