Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the studied groups: patients with MI aged < 50 years (MI < 50), patients with MI aged ≥50 years (MI ≥ 50) and young people without history of MI/CAD aged < 50 years (no-MI < 50); ns – not significant, ^a - data for TG and glucose showed as median and 25-75th quartile (variables with non-normal distribution)

BMI (mean ± SD) kg/m2

28.6 ± 4.4

27.6 ± 4.0

27.0 ± 4.3

0.012

< 0.001

Smoking

n (%)

203 (86.4)

151 (64.3)

103 (43.1)

< 0.001

< 0.001

Hypertension

n (%)

132 (55.2)

162 (68.1)

70 (29.2)

< 0.001

< 0.001

Diabetes mellitus

n (%)

36 (15.9)

80 (34.5)

2 (0.8)

< 0.001

< 0.001

Depression

n (%)

20 (8.4)

20 (8.4)

8 (3.3)

ns

0.018

Total cholesterol (mean ± SD) mg/dL

210.0 ± 41.5

197.7 ± 50.4

203.5 ± 45.4

0.006

ns

LDL

(mean ± SD) m/dL

132.4 ± 39.5

124.5 ± 44.6

123.3 ± 36.5

ns

0.049

HDL

(mean ± SD) mg/dL

41.5 ± 12.8

46.7 ± 13.9

54.1 ± 20.3

< 0.001

< 0.001

TG ^a

(median, [25-75th] quartile) mg/dl

145.5 [104.0–219.0]

113.0 [79.0–155.0]

120.0 [80.0–150.0]

< 0.001

< 0.001

Glucose ^a

(median, [25-75th] quartile) mg/dl

99.0 [92.5–111.0]

105 [91.0–127.0]

93.0 [84.0–97.0]

0.002

< 0.001