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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study patients, and number of patients with pathologic findings in bicycle or scintigraphy stress-test.

From: Lack of association between Chlamydia Pneumoniae serology and endothelial dysfunction of coronary arteries

 

All patients

CP positive

CP negative

Number

16

10 (62.5 %)

6 (37.5 %)

Age (years)

50.7 ± 7.02

53.2 ± 6.48

47.0 ± 6.08

Sex (male)

6 male (37.5 %)

4 male (40 %)

2 male (33.3 %)

Angina class (CCS)

2.4 ± 0.48

2.4 ± 0.49

2.3 ± 0.47

Pathologic ECG in bicycle stress-test

12 (75 %)

7 (70 %)

5 (83.3 %)

Pathologic scintigraphy

5 (31.3 %)

3 (30 %)

2 (33.3 %)

Total Cholesterol levels

4.0 ± 0.58 mmol/l

154.1 ± 22.41 mg%

4.1 ± 0.68 mmol/l

157.5 ± 26.48 mg%

3.8 ± 0.28 mmol/l

148.4 ± 10.87 mg%

Systolic blood pressure

121 ± 12.0 mmHg

120 ± 11.7 mmHg

122 ± 12.4 mmHg

Smoking history (last 10 years)

All negative

All negative

All negative

  1. Total Cholesterol levels were below 200 mg% (5.2 mmol/l) in all patients, the systolic blood pressure did not exceed 139 mmHg in any case.
  2. CP: Chlamydia pneumoniae {values are mean ± SD, % of each group}.