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Table 2 Atherosclerotic risk factors of the study population according to age quartiles

From: The impact of aging and atherosclerotic risk factors on transthoracic coronary flow reserve in subjects with normal coronary angiography

Factor

Age < 55 years

Age 55–62 years

Age 63–69 years

Age ≥70 years

P

Cigarette smoking

22.3% (19/85)

25.3% (22/87)

24.7% (21/85)

25.0% (22/88)

NS

Arterial hypertension

24.7% (21/85)

63.2% (55/87)

64.7% (55/85)

65.9% (58/88)

<0.01

Diabetes mellitus

17.6% (15/85)

19.5% (17/87)

22.4% (19/85)

21.6% (19/88)

<0.05

Hypercholesterolemia

12.9% (11/85)

55.2% (48/87)

60.0% (51/85)

57.9% (51/88)

<0.01

  1. Data are expressed as percentage (number of patients with ARF / total number for age quartile).
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