Premature Myocardial Infarction: Genetic Variations in SIRT1 Affect Disease Susceptibility

Table 2

Biochemical characteristics of patients with STEMI and control subjects.

Biochemical parameters	STEMI group	Control group
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	195.6 ± 114.3	142.4 ± 128	0.003
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	109.9 ± 45.6	118.9 ± 36.0	0.133
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	37.4 ± 9.7	49.2 ± 13.9	<0.001
VLDL (mg/dl)	38.7 ± 23.1	30.3 ± 28.7	0.026
TG/HDL	4.8 ± 3.3	0.5 ± 0.5	<0.001
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl)	136.6 ± 88.1	100.3 ± 35.7	<0.001
Uric acid (mg/dl)	5.3 ± 1.3	4.4 ± 1.3	<0.001

STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction; n, number of individuals; statistical evaluation by Student’s t-test. The results are shown as mean ± standard deviation (SD). HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; VLDL, very low-density lipoprotein. .