The role of dobutamine stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the clinical management of patients with suspected and known coronary artery disease

Table 1 DCMR-positive vs.DCMR-negative patients

	DCMR-pos patients	DCMR-neg patients
	N = 609	N = 923	p^†
Clinical characteristics
Age [years]	64 ± 9	62 ± 11	0.04
Male, %	74	63	<0.001
Body mass index [kg/m2]	28 ± 4	27 ± 4	<0.001
LVEF	56 ± 9	58 ± 6	<0.001
Hypertension, %	79	70	<0.001
Hyperlipidemia, %	75	59	<0.001
Diabetes mellitus, %	28	19	<0.001
Smoking, %	30	31	0.58
Family history, %	25	33	<0.001
Framingham risk score	16 ± 11	15 ± 11	0.04
Known CAD, %	68	35	<0.001
Prior myocardial infarction, %	35	29	0.03
Prior PCI, %	57	28	<0.001
Prior CABG, %	26	12	<0.001

Values are expressed as mean ± SD or %, ^†DCMR-pos patients vs. DCMR-neg patients

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