Research Article

Low Expression of FFAR2 in Peripheral White Blood Cells May Be a Genetic Marker for Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Table 2

Baseline data (which showed no differences between the test and the control groups).

Data categoryAMI group (n = 113)Controls (n = 94)t/x2/z value

Gender
Male (%)80 (70.80)46 (48.94)
Female (%)33 (29.20)48 (51.06)
Hypertension (%)55 (48.67)41 (43.62)0.530.47
Smoking (%)52 (46.02)40 (42.55)1.580.66
TG (mmol/l)1.57 (1.12–2.50)1.29 (1.03–1.97)−1.810.07
TC (mmol/l)4.47 ± 1.264.57 (3.81–5.36)−0.400.69
LDL-C (mmol/l)2.99 ± 0.982.92 ± 0.770.510.61

AMI = acute myocardial infarction; LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC = total cholesterol; TG = triglyceride.