Table 1.

Demographic and clinical description of patients enrolled

	MI (n= 50)	SA (n= 38)	p (MI vs. SA)
Age (mean± SD)	58± 14.7	64.6± 7.7	0.01
Men (%)	86%	89%	N/S
HTN (%)	50%	81.5%	0.002
DM (%)	16%	42%	0.006
Smoking (%)	58%	31.6%	0.01
LDL (mean± SD)	121± 42.4	102± 44.2	0.09
FH (%)	24%	18.4%	N/S
IHD (%)	28%	58%	0.04
Past MI (%)	18%	42%	0.01
Cr (mean± SD)	0.99± 0.3	1.3± 0.8	0.09
WBC (mean± SD)	12.7± 2.7	6.9± 3.7	0.0001

MI- myocardial infarction; SA- stable angina; HTN- hypertension; DM- diabetes mellitus; LDL- low density lipoprotein; FH- family history of ischemic heart disease; IHD- ischemic heart disease; Cr- serum creatinine level; WBC- white blood cell count.