Skip to main content

Table 1 Patients characteristics

From: Troponin in diabetic patients with and without chronic coronary artery disease

Characteristica

CAD (n = 50)

Controls (n = 45)

P Values

Age, mean ± SD, y

63.3 ± 8.3

61.4 ± 9.4

0.34

Female n (%)

20 (42)

26 (60,5)

0.07

Hypertension n (%)

40 (83)

36 (84)

0.42

Waist, mean ± SD (cm)

103 ± 13

108 ± 17

0.09

BMI, mean ± SD, Kg/m2

30.6 ± 6.3

32.4 ± 6.7

0.22

Total Cholesterol (mg/ dL)

216 ± 45

193 ± 33

0.01

LDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)

142 ± 41

124 ± 31

0.03

HDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)

37 ± 8

39 ± 8

0.47

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

173 ± 75

163 ± 70

0.55

Serum Glucose (mg/dL)

124 ± 37

134 ± 32

0.18

Hemoglobin A1C(mg/dL)

7.2 ± 1.8

7.3 ± 1.6

0.61

Insulin use n (%)

12 (25)

11 (26)

0.43

Duration of diabetes, y

9.9 ± 9.7

7.07 ± 6.9

0.16

  1. aCAD indicates coronary artery disease, BMI indicates body mass index, LDL cholesterol indicates low density lipoprotein, HDL cholesterol indicates High density lipoprotein, Hemoglobin A1C indicates glycated hemoglobin