Elevated Serum Tryptase and Endothelin in Patients with ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Preliminary Report

Table 2

The comparison of demographic and biochemical data of 33 STEMI patients and 19 healthy volunteers. The analysis was made using -test and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.

	STEMI	Healthy volunteers	value
Age [years]	64,4 ± 3,8	60,1 ± 9,1	0,3
Gender [male/female]	23/10	6/13	0,01
History of smoking	19 (57,6%)	None	—
BMI [kg/m^2]	27,5 ± 1,6	24,5 ± 1,4	0,01
CRP [mg/L]	26,8 ± 20,3	1,6 ± 0,8	0,01
Creatinine level [mg/dL]	1,0 ± 0,1	0,8 ± 0,1	0,02
eGFR [mL/1,73 m^2 BSA]	57,8 ± 2,9	unavailable	—
Total cholesterol [mg/dL]	205,4 ± 17,1	226,5 ± 18,8	0,1
HDL [mg/dL]	44,6 ± 4,1	61,0 ± 8,4	<0,001
Triglycerides [mg/dL]	128,1 ± 37,5	98,1 ± 17,0	0,2
LDL [mg/dL]	140,0 ± 14,3	146,4 ± 16,8	0,6
HbA1c [%]	7,2 ± 1,4	5,8 ± 0,2	<0,001

BMI: body mass index; CRP: C-reactive protein; GFR: glomerular filtration rate.