TABLE 1.
Comparison of clinical characteristics of study subjects.
| Characteristics | Non-AMI | AMI | p-value | ||
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | ||
| Total | 20 | 20 | |||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 20 | (100) | 20 | (100) | |
| Age (Mean ± SD), year | 51.9 ± 14.5 | 52.8 ± 13.5 | 0.444 | ||
| <40 | 5 | (25) | 2 | (10) | |
| 40–59 | 8 | (40) | 11 | (55) | |
| <60 | 7 | (35) | 7 | (35) | |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 23.6 ± 2.9 | 27.2 ± 4.2 | 0.338 | ||
| <26 | 17 | (85) | 8 | (40) | |
| >26 | 3 | (15) | 12 | (60) | |
| Mean blood pressure (mmHg) | 98.0 ± 9.4 | 101 ± 15.4 | 0.468 | ||
| <95 | 7 | (35) | 12 | (60) | |
| >95 | 13 | (65) | 8 | (40) | |
| Disease, yes | |||||
| Hypertension | 1 | (5) | 11 | (55) | <0.001*** |
| Diabetes mellitus | 0 | (0) | 10 | (50) | <0.001*** |
| Dyslipidemia | 5 | (25) | 16 | (80) | <0.001*** |
| HFrEF, yes | NA | 5 | (25) | NA | |
| Type of AMI | NA | NA | |||
| STEMI | 13 | (65) | |||
| Inferior wall STEMI | 4 | (31) | |||
| Non-inferior wall STEMI | 9 | (69) | |||
| NSTEMI | NA | 7 (35) | NA | ||
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; NSTEMI, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI, ST elevation myocardial infarction. ***Statistically significant (p < 0.001).