Research Article

Serum Fatty Acids, Traditional Risk Factors, and Comorbidity as Related to Myocardial Injury in an Elderly Population with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Table 4

Comparisons of peak Troponin T (ng/L) levels and the presence of cardiovascular risk factors and relevant disease entities.

+

Previous diabetes ()732.5664.00.892
History of hyperlipidemia ()916.5496.00.018
History of hypertension ()1009.0584.00.057
Previous angina ()923.0251.00.001
Previous claudication ()795.0237.00.015
Previous myocardial infarction ()910.0344.00.003
Previous revascularization ()874.5297.00.003
History of atrial fibrillation ()778.0153.00.007
Current smoker ()767.5519.00.292
Previous n-3 PUFA supplementation ()711.0644.00.908

+ denotes presence of risk factors or disease entities.
− denotes absence of risk factors or disease entities.