Research Article

Relationship of Plasma Adiponectin Levels with Acute Coronary Syndromes and Coronary Lesion Severity in North Indian Population

Table 1

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of two groups.

VariablesGroup I
Non-ACS ( )
Group II
ACS ( )
P value

Age (yrs) (mean ± SD)57.49 ± 10.4455.58 ± 12.100.42
Male, no. (%)34 (75.6%)35 (77.81%)0.80
Female, no. (%)11 (24.4%)10 (22.2%)0.80
BMI (Kg/m2)
(mean ± SD)
23.82 ± 3.526.71 ± 4.090.001
Smoker, no. (%)22 (48.9%)28 (62.2%)0.02
Hypertension, no. (%)14 (31.1%)23 (51.1%)0.05
SBP (mm Hg)
(mean ± SD)
127.9 ± 23.07124.09 ± 23.290.43
DBP (mm Hg)
(mean ± SD)
77.20 ± 15.3576.53 ± 14.230.83
Family CAD history,
no. (%)
9 (20%)21 (46.7%)0.007
Prior MI, no. (%)18 (40%)16 (35.6%)0.66

ACS: acute coronary syndrome, BMI: basal metabolic index, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, and MI: myocardial infarction.