Characteristics of male subjects.

BMI, body-mass index in kg/m2; SBP/DBP, systolic and diastolic blood pressure in mmHg; Total-C/HDL-C/LDL-C, cholesterol in mmol/l; hsCRP, high sensitive C-reactive protein in mg/l; RAAS, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system; ASA, acetylsalicylic acid. Values are given as arithmetic mean ± standard deviation for normally distributed parameters, geometric mean ± standard deviation for non normal distributed parameters or as percent of subjects for categorical items. Statistic differences between no CAD and CAD ≥50 were calculated using Students t-test/Kruskal-Walis test for scaled items and Chi-square test for categorical items. a including 61 men without angiography.