Table 4.

Demographic characteristics of the study participants.

Parameter	Conventionally healthy study participants	Patients with myocardial infarction	Significance of differences
Sex, m/f	109 : 130	135 : 90	0.008∗
Age, years	52 (8.5)	65 (8.3)	0.027∗
Body mass index, kg/m2	23.5 (4.3)	29.1 (5.2)	0.43
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	123 (19)	142 (25)	0.21
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	81 (15)	87 (23)	0.35
Smoking, %	19	41	0.12

^∗Significant differences between conventionally healthy study participants and patients with myocardial infarction.