Characteristics of the patient groups and routine blood analysis.

SAP: stable angina pectoris, ACS: acute coronary syndrome patients. Values of continuous variables are means ± SD, values of categorical variables are n (%). Exceptions for sample numbers in lipid panel: total cholesterol, triglycerides (SAP: n = 19, ACS: n = 16); HDL-cholesterol (SAP: n = 18, ACS: n = 16); LDL-cholesterol (SAP: n = 18, ACS: n = 15). p<0.05 values (significant differences between the two groups) are denoted by asterisks (*).