Table 1 Patient description: Anthropometric data, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP, DBP), heart rate (HR), medication, prevalence of CV-risk factors and the severity of CAD represented by the coronary score. Data is given as mean ± SD or %/n; *marks significant differences between the both groups

Age (years)

59,48 ± 10,41

69,15 ± 7,79

<0,01*

BMI (kg/m²)

28,51 ± 5,19

27,52 ± 4,93

0,160

SBP (mmHg

129,69 ± 15,63

131,70 ± 17,76

0,387

DBP (mmHg)

77,77 ± 11,03

73,18 ± 11,10

0,004*

HR (bpm)

70,56 ± 12,67

70,51 ± 14,26

0,976

Na (mmol/l)

138,72 ± 2,60

139,24 ± 3,09

0,184

K (mmol/l)

4,06 ± 0,48

4,09 ± 0,42

0,607

Cl (mmol/l)

103,78 ± 4,01

104,11 ± 3,30

0,532

Uric acid (mg/dl)

6,58 ± 2,13

6,99 ± 2,15

0,182

Creatinine (mg/dl)

1,06 ± 0,40

1,30 ± 0,93

0,008*

BUN (mg/dl)

18.06 ± 10,53

24,32 ± 13,34

<0,01*

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

163,65 ± 94,13

136,55 ± 60,83

0,023*

Cholesterol (mg/dl)

175,96 ± 51,08

174,31 ± 47,38

0,814

HDL (mg/dl)

43,60 ± 12,22

47,61 ± 14,11

0,040*

LDL (mg/dl

103,21 ± 39,42

104,95 ± 44,45

0,780

HbA₁C (rel%)

6,13 ± 1,05

6,46 ± 1,20

0,057

Erythrocytes (T/l)

4,59 ± 0,58

4,38 ± 0,61

0,010*

Haemoglobin (mg/dl)

13,51 ± 1,79

12,58 ± 1,77

<0,01*

Haematocrit rel%

40,05 ± 4,67

37,93 ± 5,00

0,002*

Thrombocytes (G/l)

239,87 ± 82,23

235,48 ± 82,96

0,705

Leukocytes (G/l)

7,93 ± 2,74

7,27 ± 2,43

0,200

TSH (mycroU/ml)

2,09 ± 1,70

2,13 ± 1,71

0,876

proBNP (ng/ml)

1372,70 ± 2585,22

3655,18 ± 6918,58

0,001*

Hypertension

92,4

93,7

0,728

Hypercholesterinemia

93,1

87,3

0,149

Diabetes mellitus

20,7

43,0

<0,01*

Adipositas (BMI >30 kg/m²)

40,3

44,2

0,100

Beta-blockers

84,0

77,2

0,210

ACE-Inhibitors

59,0

50,6

0,228

Ca⁺⁺-antagonists

9,7

17,7

0,085

Diuretics

29,9

48,1

0,007*

Statins

85,4

77,2

0,124

Coronary score (points)

6,66

8,96

0,003*

Stenosis left main

15,2

16,5

Stenosis LAD (prox./med./dist.)

51,0/53,1/20,7

55,7/59,5/17,7

Stenosis CX (prox./med./dist.)

25,5/17,9/13,1

36,7/26,6/12,7

Stenosis RCA (prox./med./dist.)

42,1/38,6/26,9

57,0/48,1/38,0