Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients with ACS and controls.
| Parameters | Cases (n = 100) mean ± SD |
Controls (n = 140) mean ± SD |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 51.03 ± 12.59 | 51.16 ± 11.85 | 0.422 |
| Gender (male : female) | 85 : 15 | 111 : 29 | — |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.83 ± 5.61 | 21.83 ± 2.30 | <0.01 |
| W/H ratio | 0.942 ± 0.06 | 0.938 ± 0.06 | 0.446 |
| Systolic BP (mm Hg) | 130.86 ± 16.72 | 114.39 ± 9.2 | <0.01 |
| Diastolic BP (mm Hg) | 85.40 ± 13.65 | 75.02 ± 7.7 | <0.01 |
| Unstable angina (%) | 31 | — | — |
| Non-Q wave MI (%) | 2 | — | — |
| Q-wave acute MI (%) | 67 | — | — |