Table 1

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


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

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.

CP: Chlamydia pneumoniae {values are mean ± SD, % of each group}.

Ferrari et al. Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2005 3:12   doi:10.1186/1476-7120-3-12