Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients studied

Number of patients

116

65

51

-

Age (years)

64.7 ± 9

63.4 ± 9.5

66.4 ± 8.2

0.07 *

Women (%)

17 (15%)

8 (12%)

9 (18%)

0.42 ^†

Body Mass Index

27.3 ± 3.4

27 ± 3.2

27.6 ± 3.7

0.37 *

Smoking

38 (33%)

25 (38%)

13 (25%)

0.13 ^†

Hypertensives

64 (55%)

18 (35%)

33 (56%)

0.06 ^†

Hyperlipidemics

69 (59%)

37 (57%)

32 (63%)

0.53 ^†

Previous AMI (<30days)

20 (17%)

14 (21%)

6 (12%)

0.17 ^†

Previous AMI (31–90 days)

9 (8%)

2 (4%)

6 (12%)

0.13 ^‡

Previous AMI (>90days)

37 (32%)

16 (25%)

21 (41%)

0.05 ^†