Table 3.
Demographics of ACS and elective CAD patients.
| ELEC (n = 114) |
ACS (n = 105) |
p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Age (years) | 64.96 | 10.11 | 65.99 | 10.98 | 0.469 |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 29.38 | 7.25 | 29.19 | 5.40 | 0.838 |
| Systolic BP | 131.87 | 21.50 | 128.93 | 25.41 | 0.402 |
| Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.11 | 1.31 | 4.32 | 1.33 | 0.278 |
| Creatinine (umol/L) | 84.38 | 20.64 | 100.83 | 77.00 | 0.032 |
| LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 2.27 | 0.96 | 2.36 | 1.03 | 0.545 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.18 | 0.30 | 1.21 | 0.53 | 0.550 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) |
1.65 |
1.16 |
1.96 |
2.80 |
0.309 |
| % |
% |
||||
| Male | 75.0 | 83.3 | 0.135 | ||
| Diabetic | 19.3 | 18.1 | 0.864 | ||
| Smoking | 11.1 | 27.0 | 0.004 | ||
| HF | 13.2 | 17.1 | 0.453 | ||
| Previous CAD meds | 83.3 | 70.2 | 0.024 | ||
| Previous (MI, Stent, bypass) | 53.5 | 35.2 | 0.010 | ||
ACS: Acute coronary syndrome; BMI, body mass index; BP: blood pressure; CAD: Coronary artery disease; ELEC: Elective CAD patients; HF: Heart Failure; HDL: high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; TG, triglycerides.