Variable Control group (n = 192) CSF/NRF(n = 50) Age (years) 61.2 ± 12.2 66.6 ± 12.0 0.006 Male (n , %) 144 (75.0) 36 (72.0) 0.655 Hypertension (n , %) 100 (52.1) 20 (40) 0.128 Diabetes mellitus (n , %) 47 (24.5) 21 (42.0) 0.014 Smoking (n , %) 115 (60.0) 26 (52.0) 0.313 BMI (kg/㎡) 24.5 (22.4, 26.8) 24.7 (20.7, 27.8) 0.774 Preinfarction angina (n , %) 31 (16.1) 10 (20.0) 0.518 Killip grade (n , %) — — 0.578 Killip I 163 (84.7) 44 (88.4) — Killip ≥ II 29 (15.3) 6 (11.6) — Time to reperfusion (min) 344.0 (196.0, 545.8) 305.5 (208.8, 609.3) 0.967 sST2 (ng/ml) 46.5 (35.6, 64.0) 80.6 (55.1, 121.4) ≤0.001 Peak NT-proBNP (ng/L) 1595.0 (709.5, 2942.3) 1831.0 (1040.0, 3650.0) 0.048 Peak CK-MB (U/L) 66.0 (33.1, 135.8) 121.0 (73.1, 187.8) ≤0.001 Peak cTNI (pg/ml) 2.7 (1.3, 7.1) 5.3 (3.5, 8.0) ≤0.001 NRL 3.9 (2.5, 6.6) 6.3 (3.4, 10.9) ≤0.001 WBC ( 109 ) 9.91 ± 3.41 9.93 ± 3.60 0.974 Fibrinogen (g/L) 2.7 (2.2, 3.2) 2.6 (2.1, 3.1) 0.614 LDL-C (mmol/L) 3.1 ± 0.9 2.8 ± 0.7 0.061 Blood uric acid (ummol/L) 353.5 (278.5, 419.8) 354.5 (274.5.0, 412.0) 0.735 Fasting blood sugar (mmol/L) 6.2 (5.0, 7.9) 6.9 (6.0,9.3) 0.008 Lipoprotein α (mg/dl) 145.5 (86.3, 256.6) 206.7 (88.4, 285.5) 0.273 CCr (ml/min) 94.8 (69.5, 121.1) 81.5 (67.4, 106.8) 0.090 LVEDV (mm) 99.5 (86.8, 107.3) 100.0 (90.0, 120.0) 0.313 LVESV (mm) 52.0 (41.3, 62.8) 52.0 (43.0, 59.3) 0.609 EF (%) 0.42 (0.38, 0.46) 0.41 (0.38, 0.44) 0.104