Research Article
Carotid Atherosclerosis, Endothelial Disfunction, and Arterial Stiffness in Young and Middle-Aged Men with Coronary Artery Disease
Table 1
Clinical characteristic.
| | CAD () | No CAD () |
| | Age (years) | 43 ± 5 | 43 ± 6 | | History of myocardial infarction (%) | 41 (80%) | — | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.8 ± 3.5 | 26.4 ± 3.7 | | Hypertension (%) | 2 (4%) | 5 (17%) | | Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5,1 ± 1,0 | 5,1 ± 0,7 | | LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) | 3,3 ± 0,9 | 3,3 ± 0,6 | | HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1,0 ± 0,2 | 1,1 ± 0,2 | | HDL-cholesterol <1.03 mmol/L (%) | 28 (57%)** | 9 (31%) | | Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 1,8 ± 0,6 | 1,4 ± 0,8 | | Currently smokers (%) | 42 (86%)* | 15 (52%) | | Family history of CAD | 14 (29%)* | 1 (3%) | | Angiographic characteristics | | | | One-vessel disease (%) | 17 (35%) | — | | Two-vessel disease (%) | 17 (35%) | — | | Triple-vessel disease (%) | 15 (30%) | — |
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CAD: coronary artery disease.
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