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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients

From: Association of some hemostasis and endothelial dysfunction factors with probability of presence of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques in patients with coronary atherosclerosis

Parameter

Men (n = 54) with stable plaques in the coronary arteries

Men (n = 63) with vulnerable plaques in the coronary arteries

p

Age, years

60.82 ± 7.01

59.71 ± 8.69

0.398

Systolic blood pressure

141.05 ± 16.44

135.68 ± 15.0

0.108

Diastolic blood pressure

86.22 ± 9.51

82.74 ± 9.75

0.920

Pulse rate

67.98 ± 6.11

71.24 ± 7.07

0.280

History of MI

71.4%

76.4%

0.582

History of angina pectoris

100%

100%

0.403

 I FC

0

0

 II FC

14.3%

12.7%

 III FC

69.0%

78.2%

 IV FC

16.7%

9.1%

Essential hypertension

83.3%

87.1%

0.384

 Ist

0

3.7%

 IIst

11.9%

5.6%

 IIIst

71.4%

77.8%

Chronic heart failure

97.6%

100%

0.439

 Ist

35.7%

42.6%

 IIst

61.9%

53.6%

 IIIst

0

1.9%

 IVst

0

1.9%

History of diabetes type 2

11.9%

27.3%

0.064

Overweight (BMI 25–29.9 kg/m2)

34.1%

46.3%

0.440

Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2)

48.8%

42.6%

0.764

 Obesity, 1 degree 30–34.9

78.9%

82.6%

 Obesity, 2 degree 35–39.9

21.1%

17.4%

 Obesity, 3 degree ≥ 40

0

0

Smoking

26.2%

12.7%

0.077

History of hyperlipidemia

76.2%

65.5%

0.252

Multivascular atherosclerotic lesion of coronary arteries (more than two vessels)

92.1%

89.6%

0.689