Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Vulnerability Rather than Stenosis Predisposes to Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data of stable angina and NSTE-ACS groups.

Patients characteristics	All ()	NSTE-ACS group (I) ()	SA group (II) ()	value
Age (years)	52.2 ± 9.2	52.06 ± 9.15	52.05 ± 9.49	0.56
Gender
Males	90 (77.5%)	48 (72.7%)	42 (84%)	0.18
Females	26 (22.5%)	18 (27.2%)	8 (16%)	0.11
Risk factors
Hypertension	76 (65.5%)	44 (66.6%)	32 (64%)	0.45
Smoking	74 (63.8%)	42 (63.6%)	32 (64%)	0.56
Diabetes mellitus	50 (43.1%)	30 (45.5%)	20 (40%)	0.34
Dyslipidemia	68 (58.6%)	38 (57.6%)	30 (60%)	0.47
BMI	26.2 ± 3.4	24.8 ± 3.3	27.9 ± 2.9	0.01
FH-IHD	38 (32.7%)	20 (30.3%)	18 (36%)	0.32
Laboratory results
Total cholesterol (mg%)	183.1 ± 33.03	173.33 ± 29.8	175.73 ± 27.3	0.73
LDL-C (mg%)	132.7 ± 31.48	126.7 ± 36.4	118.86 ± 23.9	0.29
TGL (mg%)	132.8 ± 66.9	149.6 ± 52.6	123.2 ± 32.9	0.045
Previous MI	26 (22.4%)	20 (30.3%)	6 (12%)	0.016
Previous PCI	44 (37.9%)	34 (51.5%)	10 (20%)	0.001
EF (%)	59.03 ± 7.8	59.2 ± 9.1	58.9 ± 6.3	0.21