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Patients' characteristics |
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| study patients (N = 22) |
control 1 (N = 27) |
control 2 (N = 24) |
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| Age [years] |
66.0 ± 12.5 |
64.6 ± 12.8 |
66.1 ± 9.3 |
| Gender [masculine] |
14 [64%] |
16 [59%] |
16 [67%] |
| Hypertension |
15 [68%]* |
10 [37%]* |
16 [67%]* |
| Diabetes mellitus†† |
9 [41%]† |
4 [15%]† |
11 [46%]† |
| Hypercholesterolemia |
10 [45%] |
10 [37%] |
14 [58%] |
| Smoking |
7 [32%] |
11 [41%] |
10 [42%] |
| Family history |
7 [32%] |
8 [30%] |
8 [33%] |
| Angina |
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| CCS I |
9 [41%] |
5 [19%]** |
14 [58%]** |
| CCS II |
8 [36%]* |
18 [67%]* |
7 [29%]* |
| CCS III |
5 [23%] |
4 [15%] |
3 [13%] |
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* p < 0.05 study patients vs. control 1 and control 1 vs. control 2 †p < 0.05 study patients vs. Control 1 and p < 0.02 control 1 vs. control 2 ** p < 0.01 control 1 vs. control 2 †† defined as fasting plasma glucose of > 126 mg/dl or 2-hours postload glucose of > 200 mg/dl or symptoms of diabetes mellitus and random plasma concentration of > 200 mg/dl (ADA criteria). | |||
Pilz et al. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008 10:8 doi:10.1186/1532-429X-10-8 |
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