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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients and control subjects

From: Coronary artery bypass surgery and longitudinal evaluation of the autonomic cardiovascular function

Characteristic

CABG (n = 13)

CAD (n = 9)

Healthy (n = 9)

Sex (males/females)

8/5

5/4

4/5

Age (years)

64 ± 2

64 ± 2

63 ± 2

Body mass index (kg/m2)

27.6 ± 0.6

27.4 ± 0.7

26.5 ± 0.9

Drug used

   

   ACE inhibitors/AngioII-blockers

5

6

-

   Digital

3

0

-

   Anti-arrhythmic

1

0

-

   β-blockers

6

1

-

   Calcium-channel antagonists

4

1

-

   AAS

7

3

-

  1. Values are means ± SEM. AAS, acetylsalicylic acid; ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; CABG, patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting; CAD, patients with coronary artery disease who did not undergo surgery; healthy, control subjects without CAD. The three groups were similar with regard to all variables (P > 0.05).