Table 1 Characteristics of the patients

Age, years

66.5 ± 12.4

68.7 ± 10.4

56.6 ± 11.5

<0.05

Gender, male/female

28/14 (66.7/33.3%)

71/41 (63.4/36.6%)

21/17 (55.6%/44.7%)

<0.05

BMI (kg/m²)

24.4 ± 3.0

24.7 ± 3.8

26.1 ± 4.1

0.23

History of smoking, n (%)

12 (28.6)

30 (26.5)

11 (28.9)

0.42

Serum creatinine >140 μmol/L, n (%)

13 (30.95)^a

6 (5.36)^a

0 (0.00)

<0.05

History of hypertension, n (%)

28 (66.7)

73 (65.2)

16 (42.1)

<0.05

History of diabetes, n (%)

19 (45.2)

54 (48.2)

9 (23.7)

<0.05

Glucose (mmol/L)

8.17 ± 3.86

8.42 ± 3.56

5.64 ± 1.21

0.23

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.64 ± 0.85

4.36 ± 1.17

4.66 ± 0.89

0.90

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.59 ± 1.21

1.38 ± 0.72

1.88 ± 1.34

0.08

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.07 ± 0.33

1.12 ± 0.29

1.06 ± 0.32

0.06

LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.83 ± 0.84

2.72 ± 0.94

2.76 ± 0.64

0.97

hsCRP (mg/L)

12.32 ± 53.46

11.68 ± 38.48

4.89 ± 9.30

<0.05

Type of AMI, n (%)

<0.05

STEMI

33 (78.6)

51 (45.5)

NSTEMI

9 (21.4)

61 (54.5)

BNP

1,670.71 ± 1,074.44^a

433.72 ± 285.67^a

60.69 ± 36.98

<0.05

LVEF

28.43 ± 4.79^a

47.31 ± 7.69^a

57.42 ± 6.28

<0.05

LVMI

90.51 ± 14.39^a

70.43 ± 12.04^a

82.67 ± 20.05

<0.05

LVEDD

61.95 ± 4.80^a

49.45 ± 4.72^a

50.23 ± 5.98

<0.05

LVESD

38.05 ± 5.73^a

31.37 ± 4.08^a

30.37 ± 4.15

<0.05

Six-min walk test

171.07 ± 70.32^a

465.13 ± 189.00^a

<0.05

Plasma ADAMTS-7 levels

6.73 ± 2.47^a

3.22 ± 2.05^a

1.63 ± 1.58

<0.05