Baseline characteristics of patients with coronary heart disease (n=20) and healthy non-smoking volunteers (n=32)
| Patients | Heathy volunteers | |
| Age (years) | 60±1 | 26±1 |
| Cigarette smokers (non-/ex-/current) | 12/8/0 | 32/0/0 |
| Height (cm) | 173±6 | 182±2 |
| Weight (kg) | 79±3 | 84±3 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27±1 | 26±1 |
| Hypertension | 8 | 0 |
| Lipid profile | ||
| Total cholesterol (mmol/l) | 4.6±0.2 | – |
| LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) | 2.6±0.2 | – |
| HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) | 1.3±0.1 | – |
| Triglycerides (mmol/l) | 1.5±0.3 | – |
| Fasting glucose (mmol/l) | 5.7±0.3 | – |
| Drugs | ||
| Aspirin | 20 | – |
| Statin | 18 | – |
| β-blocker | 15 | – |
| ACE inhibitor*/ARB | 4 | – |
Values are presented as number or mean±SEM.
↵* ACE inhibitor therapy was withdrawn 7 days prior to each study. All other regular medications were continued throughout the study.
ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein.