Physical Activity, Aerobic Capacity, and Total Antioxidant Capacity in Healthy Men and in Men with Coronary Heart Disease

Table 1

Age, selected anthropometric and biochemical characteristics, cigarette smoking, and blood pressure in men with CHD and in their peers without CHD.

Variable	Group I; (CHD patients); n = 90	Group II; (without CHD); n = 90
Age (years)	56.63 ± 7.64	56.79 ± 7.45
Body mass (kg)	85.9 ± 12.3^*	82.5 ± 12.9
BMI (kg·m^−2)	28.7 ± 3.7^‡	26.8 ± 3.6
Waist circumference (cm)	101.4 ± 9.8^‡	94.3 ± 10.0
WHR	0.97 ± 0.05^‡	0.93 ± 0.06
Percentage of body fat	25.5 ± 5.2^‡	23.0 ± 5.7
Past smokers (% of )	78.9^‡	55.6
Current smokers (% of )	15.6	13.3
SBP (mmHg)	126.9 ± 14.1	127.3 ± 13.1
DBP (mmHg)	82.1 ± 8.7	82.2 ± 8.5
TC (mg·dL^−1)	187.2 ± 45.2^‡	219.7 ± 46.2
LDL-C (mg·dL^−1)	111.0 ± 38.7^‡	145.7 ± 43.0
HDL-C (mg·dL^−1)	46.2 ± 10.2^*	49.9 ± 11.4
TC/HDL-C ratio	4.15 ± 1.26^*	4.62 ± 1.41
TG (mg·dL^−1)	154.5 ± 108.4	122.2 ± 52.2
Glucose (mg·dL^−1)	104.7 ± 32.4	98.7 ± 15.3
UA (mg·dL^−1)	6.11 ± 1.33	6.10 ± 1.22

, as compared to the healthy subjects.
BMI: body mass index, WHR: waist-to-hip ratio, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, TC: total cholesterol, LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG: triglycerides, UA: uric acid, and CHD: coronary heart disease.