General characteristics of the controls and patients with coronary artery disease.

<p>The data are presented as the mean ± SE.</p><p>¹Tested by log-transformed.</p><p>² MI: myocardial infarction.</p><p>³ Diabetes category: Impaired fasting glucose, 100≤ fasting glucose <126mg/dL; Diabetes, fasting glucose ≥126mg/dL.</p><p>⁴ Tested by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with bonferroni’s multiple comparisons test (p<0.05).</p><p>Sharing the same alphabet indicates no significant difference between two groups.</p><p>General characteristics of the controls and patients with coronary artery disease.