Table 3. Clinical and angiographic characteristics of patients.
| Clinical and angiographic characteristics | Patients |
P | ||
| All | Low < 8.4 mg/L | High ≥ 8.4 mg/L | ||
| SBP, mmHg | 130 ± 22 | 132 ± 22 | 127 ± 21 | 0.065 |
| DBP, mmHg | 75 ± 13 | 75 ± 12 | 75 ± 15 | 0.947 |
| Heart rate, beats/min | 75.4 ± 16.2 | 73.4 ± 15.5 | 78.1 ± 17.3 | 0.045 |
| LVEF, % | 49.8 ± 14.7 | 53.5 ± 12.8 | 46.0 ± 15.7 | 0.056 |
| Vessel involved, % | ||||
| LMCA | 7.5 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.710 |
| LCx | 49.8 | 62.0 | 38.0 | 0.956 |
| LAD | 72.1 | 59.3 | 40.7 | 0.176 |
| RCA | 48.8 | 63.3 | 36.7 | 0.759 |
| Stenosis, % | ||||
| 50–70 | 28.3 | 69.2 | 30.8 | 0.157 |
| 70–99 | 71.7 | 53.0 | 47.0 | |
| Total occlusion, % | ||||
| No | 69.7 | 65.9 | 34.1 | 0.257 |
| Yes | 30.3 | 57.1 | 42.9 | |
| Vessel disease number, % | ||||
| One vessel | 43.3 | 63.2 | 36.8 | 0.793 |
| Multi vessel | 56.7 | 61.4 | 38.6 | |
Data are expressed as the mean ± SD or n (%). DBP: diastolic blood pressure; LAD: left anterior descending; LCx: left circumflex; LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol; LMCA: Left main coronary artery; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; RCA: right coronary artery; SBP: systolic blood pressure.