Table 1.

Characteristics of the patient groups.

Characteristic	AMI Group	Control Group	p Value
Sex (male/female), n	6/3	4/5	0.095 *
Median age, years, Me [Q1;Q3]	67 [62; 73]	62 [57; 69]	0.190 **
Median body mass index, Me [Q1;Q3]	24.8 [23.4; 26.8]	27.3 [26.2; 27.7]	0.113 **
Smoker, n	3	2	0.647 *
Diabetes, n	1	2	0.602 *
Hypertension, n	6	5	0.667 *
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, n	1	0	-
Abnormal heart rhythm, n	4	2	0.376 *

* Fisher’s exact test; ** the Mann–Whitney test.