Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population

Characteristics	Controls N=207	All patients N=310	P
Age, years	33.2±12.2	60.3±11.0	<0.001
Male, n, %	61(29.5)	232(74.8)	<0.001
BMI, kg/m2	25.1±3.6	27.5±4.3	<0.001
Smoker, %	8.2	41.0	<0.001
Menopause, %	10.3	90.8	<0.001
Obesity, %	8.3	22.6	<0.001
Hypertension, %	0	47.1	<0.001
Diabetes, %	0	48.4	<0.001
Dyslipidemia, %	0	23.5	<0.001
Personal history of CAD, %	0	33.2	<0.001
Personal history of ACS, %	0	27.4	<0.001
Peripheral artery diseases, %	0	1.6	<0.001
History of bypass surgery, %	0	3.2	<0.001

ACS-acute coronary syndrome, BMI-body mass index, CAD-coronary artery diseasea. Data are expressed as mean±SD or n (%). P<0.05