Circulating Long Noncoding RNA UCA1 as a Novel Biomarker of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients.

Characteristics	AMI; ()	Non-AMI; ()
Age (years)	61.02 ± 11.83	58.13 ± 10.18	0.42
Male/female ()	30/19	7/8	0.75
HDL C (mmol/L)	1.05 ± 0.35	1.28 ± 0.23	0.52
Current smoking, (%)	25 (51%)	5 (33%)	0.161
EF%	55.02 ± 8.72	69.54 ± 6.78	0.72
LDL C (mmol/L)	2.76 ± 0.76	2.13 ± 0.84	0.68
Diabetes, (%)	12 (24.5%)	4 (26.7%)	0.938
CK-MB (U/L)	74.35 ± 52.04	3.05 ± 1.47	<0.01
cTnI (ng/mL)	5.34 ± 3.57	0.032 ± 0.022	<0.01
Hypertension, (%)	31 (63.2%)	6 (53.3%)	0.324