Table 1:

Characteristics in patients with and without recent infarction

Characteristic	Infarction (n = 18)	Noninfarction (n = 38)	P Value
Age (years)a	57 ± 8	57 ± 10	.872
Male	89%	89%	1.000
Hypertension	83%	84%	1.000
Hyperlipidemia	89%	92%	.652
Diabetes mellitus	56%	32%	.142
Smoking	67%	58%	.573
Obesity	11%	13%	1.000
Time from the qualifying event to HRMRI (days)a	29 ± 26	31 ± 23	.823

^aData are mean ± SD.