Age, male ratio, BMI, smoking, hypertension, DM, family history of CAD, previous myocardial infarction, incidence of peripheral vascular disease, time from onset to door, TG, TC, HDL-C, LDL-C, peak creatine kinase isoenzyme MB (CK-MB), peak troponin T (TnT), and Peak NTpro-brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) were not different between the two groups. This evidence concerns the gene NPPB and myocardial infarction.