Table 1.
Characteristics of the study participants.
| Control n = 153 |
CAD n = 394 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | 64.3 ± 8.1 | 66.4 ± 11.7 | 0.016 |
| Female | 64 (41.8) | 125 (31.7) | 0.028 |
| BMI in kg/m2 | 27.8 ± 4.1 | 28.8 ± 4.5 | 0.030 |
| Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) | 92.1 ± 31.0 | 86.6 ± 34.7 | 0.079 |
| Stable angina | 0 | 196 (49.7) | |
| Acute coronary syndrome | 0 | 198 (50.3) | |
| STEMI | 0 | 44 (11.2) | |
| NSTEMI | 0 | 111 (28.2) | |
| UA | 0 | 43 (10.9) | |
| Hypertension | 63 (41.2) | 301 (76.4) | 0.001 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 21 (13.7) | 118 (29.9) | 0.001 |
| Current or past smokers | 59 (38.6) | 196 (49.7) | 0.022 |
Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation or number (%).
BMI body mass index, GFR glomerular filtration rate, STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction, NSTEMI non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, UA unstable angina.