Research Article

Plasma miR-22-5p, miR-132-5p, and miR-150-3p Are Associated with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the AMI patients and control subjects in the first cohort.

VariableAMI groupControl groupp-value
(n = 35)(n = 55)

Male/Female (n/n)15/2027/280.26
Age (years)60.86 ± 11.2556.36 ± 12.360.09
Body mass index (kg/m2)25.43 ± 2.8224.52 ± 2.520.12
Smoking status
 Current smoker (%)6 (17%)4 (7%)0.15
 Former smoker (%)12 (34%)11 (20%)0.13
Hypertension, n (%)11 (31%)12 (22%)0.31
Hyperlipidaemia, n (%)13 (37%)14 (25%)0.24
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)5 (14%)6 (11%)0.63
WBC (x 109 /L)9.35 ± 1.055.84 ± 1.28<0.01
SBP (mmHg)129.01 ± 15.32128.52 ± 10.690.09
DBP (mmHg)74.21 ± 6.5976.90 ± 7.870.10
Heart rate (beats/minutes)75.42 ± 12.5774.05 ± 12.050.61
TC (mmol/L)4.84 ± 0.734.46 ± 1.090.07
HDL (mmol/L)1.37 ± 0.171.39 ± 0.190.61
LDL (mmol/L)3.13 ± 0.552.93 ± 0.680.15
TG (mmol/L)1.64 ± 0.691.71 ± 0.750.66
Cr (umol/L)74.27 ± 15.0271.28 ± 10.960.28
CK-MB (IU/L)195.67 ± 63.208.56 ± 1.87<0.01
Medications
 ACE inhibitors (%)22 (63%)8 (15%)<0.01
 Beta-blockers (%)27 (77%)6 (11%)<0.01
 Nitrates (%)25 (71%)/<0.01
 Statins (%)35 (100%)14 (25%)<0.01
 Aspirin (%)35 (100%)8 (15%)<0.01
 Clopidogrel (%)35 (100%)/<0.01

Data are shown as the mean ± SD, p<0.05, p<0.01 versus control subjects.