Table 1 The demographic and clinical characteristics of healthy controls and patients

Gender (male/female)

53/24

45/17

0.710

Age (years)

55.75 ± 11.32

55.61 ± 14.53

0.949

SBP (mmHg) on admission

119.54 ± 13.12

137.85 ± 22.15

< 0.001^*

DBP (mmHg) on admission

72.22 ± 10.62

77.43 ± 16.60

0.031^*

Fast blood glucose (mmol/L)

5.82 ± 1.55

7.29 ± 2.40

< 0.001^*

Heart rate (bpm)

68.09 ± 8.71

75.71 ± 17.82

0.038^*

BMI

24.03 ± 2.65

23.49 ± 3.19

0.288

TG (mmol/L)

1.05 ± 0.28

1.24 ± 0.67

0.083

CRP (mg/L)

0.60 (0.33,1.20)

7.89 (2.19, 20.47)

< 0.001^*

Smoker

0 (0)

8 (38.10)

–

Drinker

0 (0)

4 (19.05)

–

Hypertension

0 (0)

8 (38.10)

–

Diabetes mellitus

0 (0)

2 (9.52)

–