CCL5/RANTES Gene Polymorphisms in Slavonic Patients with Myocardial Infarction

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study groups (MI patients and control subjects).

	Case group RU	Control group RU	Case group CZ	Control group CZ
Number of subjects	244	197	223	140
Caucasians (%)	244 (100%)	197 (100%)	223 (100%)	140 (100%)
Mean age (years)*	56.6±9.7	43.6±7.4	55.0±8.3	35.7±7.4
Gender (males/females)	167/77	87/110	186/37	87/53
Current smokers (%)	88 (97.7%)^a	123 (63.7%)^b	64 (31.7%)^c	n.a.
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	6.2±1.3	5.2±1.3	5.7±1.1	5.9±1.0
HDL (mmol/l)	1.2±0.3	1.3±0.4	1.1±0.3	1.4±0.4
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	1.7±0.8	1.1±0.7	2.4±1.6	1.9±1.1
LDL (mmol/l)	n.a.	3.1±1.3	3.4±1.0	3.7±0.9

*Mean ± Standard Deviation for continuous variable.
^aSmoking habit was available in 90 (36.9%) patients.
^bSmoking habit was available in 193 (98%) subjects.
^cSmoking habit was available in 202 (91%) subjects.
RU: Russian, CZ: Czech, HDL: high density lipids, LDL: low density lipids, n.a.: not available.