Table 3.
Demographic data.
| Patients | Controls | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of persons | 40 | 57 |
| Female | 10 | 18 |
| Male | 30 | 39 |
| Number of smokers | 24 | 27 |
| Ex-smokers | 6 | 5 |
| Non-smokers | 10 | 25 |
| Average age | 59.9 | 55.8 |
| Median age | 58.5 | 50.2 |
| SD | 10.6 | 12.74 |
| Comorbidities | hypertension (4) heart failure (2) arrhythmia (1) |
hypertension (5) |
| Medications | bis (3), carv (1) ind/per (2), aml (1) met + ami (1) |
bis (2), car (1), per (1) aml (1) |
Abbreviations: bis—bisoprolol; carv—carvedilol; ind/per—indapamide + perindopril; aml—amlodipine; met—metoprolol; ami—amiodarone; number of patients in the parenthesis.