Table 2.

Clinical features of patients and controls

Clinical parameters	Controls (n = 11)	Patients (n = 49)
Age (years ± SEM)	61 ± 5.4	71.3 ± 0.66
Males (%)	91	100
Smoking (%)a	55	81.6
Hypertension (%)	64	67.3
Diabetes (%)	36	10.2
Hyperlipidemia (%)	27	57.1
Ischaemic cardiomyopathy (%)	0	18.4

SEM standard error of the mean

^aCurrent and ex-smokers