Table 1.

Baseline characters in patients with fasting glucose <100 mg/dL and ≥ 100 mg/dL

Variables	Normal FG (n = 863)	Elevated FG (n = 993)	P value
Age (y)	61.7 ± 11.6	64.5 ± 11.2	<0.001
hospital stays (d)	9.6 ± 3.4	9.5 ± 3.4	0.677
TC(mg/dl)	192.5 ± 40.9	197.6 ± 46.6	0.013
Females	192 (22.2)	363(36.6)	<0.001
Hypertension	347(40.2)	452 (45.5)	0.021
Cigarette smoking	509 (59.0)	416 (41.9)	<0.001
Previous angina pectoris	551(63.8)	660(66.5)	0.237
Previous myocardial infarction	78(9.0)	95 (9.6)	0.696
Family history of CAD	208 (24.1)	205 (20.6)	0.074
Patients with Killip class ≥ III	46(5.3)	89 (9.0)	0.003

Data are mean values ± SD or number (%)

FG fasting glucose, TC total cholesterol, CAD coronary artery disease