Table 1.
Matching characteristic of the participants of both groups
|
ACS-group[33] |
|
H-group[33] |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMI[17] | AP[16] | |||
|
gender (male) |
|
30 |
|
30 |
| 16 |
14 |
|
||
|
age (mean years ± SD, range ) |
|
52.8±8.7 (34 – 68) |
53.1±8.8(35 – 67) |
|
| 51.0±8.6 |
54.5±7.7 |
|
||
|
smoking habits |
non smoker |
7 |
7 |
|
|
former smoker |
11 |
11 |
||
|
smoker |
15 |
15 |
||
|
serum CRP in mg/l (mean ± SD) |
|
6.9±7.18 |
2.05±0.25 |
|
| medication |
ASS |
22 |
0 |
|
|
Clopidogrel (Isocover®) |
17 |
0 |
||
|
Metoprolol (Beloc Zok®) |
20 |
0 |
||
| x1Pravastatin (Pravasin®) | 7 | 0 | ||
(ACS-group: acute coronary syndrome, AMI: acute myocardial infarction, AP: angina pectoris,H-group: healthy control, CRP: c-reactive protein, [n])