Research Article

Association between Stable Coronary Artery Disease and In Vivo Thrombin Generation

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the CAD+ and CAD− groups.

VariablesCAD+CAD−

Age (SD)60.97 ± 9.9747.91 ± 6.23<0.01
Sex (M/F)59/422/10<0.01
BMI (kg/m2)27.16 ± 3.6128.2 ± 3.87NS
DM2, (%)27 (42.9)2 (6.3)<0.01
Hypertension, (%)38 (60.3)10 (31.3)<0.01
Smokers, (%)11 (17.5)5 (15.6)NS
Dyslipidemia, (%)36 (57.1)10 (31.3)<0.05

The variables are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation (SD). A -test was performed to compare the quantitative variables that exhibited a normal distribution; otherwise, a Mann-Whitney (nonparametric) test was performed. A Chi square distribution was calculated for the categorical variables. BMI = body mass index. DM2 = diabetes mellitus type 2.