Clinical characteristics of the CAD patients and control subjects.

SA = patients with stable angina, UA = patients with unstable angina, MI = patients at 1 month after myocardial infarction, NA = not available, ND = not detectable. Data are expressed as means ± standard error of the mean (SEM) and analyzed with Oneway ANOVA test with LSD Posthoc analysis. Chi-squared (χ2) analysis was performed to evaluate the differences between logistic data (gender, age distribution, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, medication).* p** p*** p§ pClinical characteristics of the CAD patients and control subjects.