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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: A comparison of cardiovascular magnetic resonance and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) perfusion imaging in left main stem or equivalent coronary artery disease: a CE-MARC substudy

Patient characteristic

LMS

Controls

P

N

27

27

 

Age (years)

65 ± 7

64 ± 6

0.45

Male

23 (85%)

23 (85%)

1.0

Body mass index (kg/m2)

27.5 ± 3.89

27.0 ± 2.87

0.60

Current smoker

5 (19%)

4 (15%)

1.0

Blood pressure (mmHg)

134/74 ± 20/10

140/76 ± 19/7

0.27/0.43

Hypertension

12 (44%)

17 (62%)

0.27

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.3 ± 1.4

4.8 ± 1.2

0.25

Diabetes mellitus

5 (19%)

5 (19%)

1.0

Family history of CADa

14 (52%)

13 (48%)

1.0

Significant CADa

 - LMS

22 (81%)

0 (0%)

<0.001

 - LAD

17 (63%)

0 (0%)

<0.001

 - LCx

11 (41%)

0 (0%)

<0.001

 - RCA

11 (41%)

0 (0%)

<0.001

  1. Data as mean ± SD or n (%)
  2. a CAD coronary artery disease, LAD left anterior descending coronary artery, LCx left circumflex coronary artery, RCA right coronary artery