Group S (n = 144)

Group P (n = 92)

ā€œpā€ value

Male

96 (66.7%)

36 (39.1%)

0.04

Age (yr)

64.33 ± 10.290

68.61 ± 6.49

0.13

DM

56 (38.9%)

24 (26.1%)

0.21

Smoking

80 (55.6%)

44 (47.8%)

0.57

Hypertension

104 (72.2%)

76 (82.6%)

0.36

PTCA

20 (13.9%)

24 (26.1%)

0.25

EF (%)

48.83 ± 13.903

48.22 ± 10.996

0.8

Beta blocker

92 (63.9%)

64 (69.6%)

0.66

Ca channel blocker

32 (22.2%)

40 (43.5%)

0.09

Digitalis

8 (5.6%)

16 (17.4%)

0.15

Previous MI

40 (27.8%)

20 (21.7%)

0.61

LMCA disease

4 (2.8%)

0 (0 %)

0.42