Premature Myocardial Infarction: Genetic Variations in SIRT1 Affect Disease Susceptibility

Table 4

Results of Pearson’s correlation between expression level of SIRT1 and other parameters.

	STEMI group		Control group
	eNOS protein (pg/ml)	−0.165	0.094	0.147	0.166
TAS (mmol Trolox equiv./L)	−0.139	0.178	−0.101	0.339
TOS (mmol H2O2 equiv./L)	0.25	0.808	0.007	0.949
OSI	0.053	0.609	0.038	0.720
Age	0.219	0.026	−0.120	0.258
BMI	0.073	0.463	−0.185	0.079

eNOS, endothelial nitric oxide synthase; TAS, total antioxidant status; TOS, total oxidant status; OSI, oxidative stress index; BMI, body mass index; STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction. ; , correlation coefficient.