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Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of patients

From: Geographical predisposition influences on the distribution and tissue characterisation of eccentric coronary plaques in non-branching coronary arteries: cross-sectional study of coronary plaques analysed by intravascular ultrasound

Total patients n = 30

Number

Percent

Male

23

76.7

Age, mean ± SEM, years

68.8 ± 6.4

 

Effort angina pectoris

26

86.7

Unstable angina

1

3.3

Silent myocardial ischaemia

1

3.3

Old myocardial infarction

1

3.3

Ischaemic cardiac myopathy

1

3.3

Risk factors

 Hypertension

26

86.7

 Diabetes mellitus

14

46.7

 Hyperlipidaemia

20

66.7

 Current smoker

17

56.7

 Family history

8

26.7

 Obesity

10

33.3

 Hyperglycaemia

1

3.3