Table 1. Patients’ characteristics.

Characteristic	Number (%) or mean ± SD (minimum–maximum values)
Age	60 ± 9 (38–79)
Male gender	28 (58)
Hypertension	35 (73)
Diabetes mellitus	14 (29)
Smoking	23 (48)
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	204 ± 57 (97–311)
(mmol/l)	5.28 ± 1.48 (2.51–8.05)
LDL-C (mg/dl)	124 ± 55 (34–243)
(mmol/l)	3.21 ± 1.42 (0.88–6.29)
HDL-C (mg/dl)	45 ± 11 (14–69)
(mmol/l)	1.17 ± 0.28 (0.36–1.79)
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	148 ± 88 (19–533)
(mmol/l)	1.67 ± 0.99 (0.21–6.02)
Family history	12 (25)
History of CAD	15 (31)
Admission time (hours)	5.2 ± 2.4 (2–10)
ECG on admission
ST depression	14 (29)
T negativity	20 (42)
No ECG changes	14 (29)
Coronary angiography findings
Normal coronary arteries	7 (17.5)
Insignificant stenosis (< 50%)	9 (22.5)
Single-vessel disease	13 (32.5)
Multiple-vessel disease	11 (27.5)

LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; CAD, coronary artery disease.