All patients Non-ischemic Ischemic   R P R p R p Age 0.14 Ns 0.14 ns 0.04 Ns Body mass index 0.03 Ns 0.03 ns 0.03 Ns Cardiac frequency -0.01 Ns 0.01 ns 0.03 Ns Systolic pressure -0.07 Ns 0.09 ns -0.01 Ns Diastolic pressure -0.03 Ns -0.05 ns -0.04 Ns LVEF 0.32 <0.05 0.38 <0.05 0.42 <0.05 Total cholesterol -0.12 Ns 0.01 ns -0.03 Ns HDL cholesterol -0.01 Ns 0.02 ns -0.03 Ns LDL cholesterol -0.07 Ns 0.01 ns -0.04 Ns Triglycerides -0.11 Ns -0.01 ns 0.02 Ns Creatinine 0.28 Ns 0.14 ns 0.06 Ns Glycemia 0.06 Ns 0.06 ns 0.07 Ns Hemoglobin 0.03 Ns 0.03 ns 0.08 Ns WBC -0.07 Ns -0.07 ns 0.05 Ns ALT 0.05   0.046 ns 0.023 Ns AST 0.02   0.020 ns -0.053 Ns

Table 3: Linear regression analysis to evaluate which clinical-instrumental parameters were associated with plasma levels of sRAGE in all patients and divided on the basis of presence of previous ischemic events.