| |
AMI
|
Healthy controls
|
P value
|
|---|
|
Number
|
25
|
14
|
NA
|
|
Age (years) (median ± range)
|
64.4 ± 11.7
|
57.3 ± 9.5
|
0.060
|
|
Gender (male)
|
17 (68%)
|
8 (57%)
|
NA
|
|
Arterial hypertension
|
18 (72%)
|
0
|
NA
|
|
Diabetes mellitus
|
6 (24%)
|
0
|
NA
|
|
Prior myocardial infarction
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
|
Dyslipoproteinaemia
|
11 (44%)
|
7 (50%)
|
NA
|
|
History of smoking
|
9 (36%)
|
0
|
NA
|
|
WBC (× 109/L)
|
10.85 ± 3.45
|
6.97 ± 2.17
|
0.001
|
|
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)
|
5.09 ± 0.97
|
5.23 ± 0.85
|
0.672
|
|
LDL-C (mmol/L)
|
3.16 ± 0.80
|
3.11 ± 0.64
|
0.884
|
|
HDL-C (mmol/L)
|
1.12 ± 2.56
|
1.52 ± 0.32
|
0.002
|
- AMI acute myocardial infarction, WBC white blood cells, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein
