Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of the Study Population (n=415)
| Age, y | 59.4±11.7 |
| Male sex | 273 (65.8%) |
| CAD | 281 (67.7%) |
| Hypertension | 247 (59.5%) |
| DM | 148 (35.7%) |
| Hyperlipidemia | 179 (43.1%) |
| Current smoker | 51 (12.3%) |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 25.2±3.1 |
| SBP, mm Hg | 131.3±17.1 |
| DBP, mm Hg | 80.8±11.0 |
| Creatinine, mg/dL | 1.0±0.7 |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL | 163.1±41.1 |
| HDL‐cholesterol, mg/dL | 48.2±11.9 |
| LDL‐cholesterol, mg/dL | 88.1±34.7 |
| Triglyceride, mg/dL | 135.8±122.2 |
| hsCRP, mg/L | 1.5±3.1 |
| hfPWV, cm/s | 1.016.6±234.6 |
| Frequency of T‐cell subset, % | |
| CD57+ cells in CD4+ T cells | 6.1±6.0 |
| CD28null cells in CD4+ T cells | 4.4±5.7 |
| CD57+ cells in CD8+ T cells | 43.0±17.1 |
| CD28null cells in CD8+ T cells | 41.9±17.6 |
Data are presented as the means±SD or n (%). BMI indicates body mass index; CAD, coronary artery disease; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; DM, diabetes mellitus; HDL, high‐density lipoprotein; hfPWV, heart‐femoral pulse wave velocity; hsCRP, high‐sensitivity C‐reactive protein; LDL, low‐density lipoprotein; SBP, systolic blood pressure.