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Table 1 Baseline demographics, clinical variables, stress-echocardiography and computed tomography angiograms data in the entire population and in the subgroups with or without obstructive coronary artery disease > 50%

From: Equivocal tests after contrast stress-echocardiography compared with invasive coronary angiography or with CT angiography: CT calcium score in mildly positive tests may spare unnecessary coronary angiograms

 

Entire population(n = 137)

CAD > 50% (n = 41)

No CAD > 50% (n = 96)

p

Age, median (IQR)

59 (11)

65 (10)

57 (11)

<0.0001

Male Gender (%)

79 (58%) (57%)

28 (68%)

51 (53%)

0.1

Hypertension (%)

83 (60%)

30 (73%)

53 (55%)

0.048

Family history of CAD (%)

37 (27%)

11 (27%)

26 (27%)

0.9

Smoking (%)

26 (19%)

14 (34%)

12(13%)

0.003

Hypercolesterolemia (%)

62 (45%)

25 (61%)

37 (39%)

0.015

Diabetes mellitus (%)

16 (12%)

7 (17%)

9 (9%)

0.2

Coronary Calcium Agatston score, Median (IQR)

25 (175)

269 (917)

2 (42)

<0.0001

Coronary stenosis >50% but <70%

27 (20%)

27 (66%)

At least one stenosis more than 70%

14 (10%)

14 (34%)

Bridge, tortuous course or coronary anomaly, sum, (%)

21, 24, 17 = 62 (45%)

9, 6, 7 = 22 (54%)

12, 18, 10 = 40 (42%)

0.2

Any reversible WM abnormality

18 (13%)

5 (12%)

13 (13%)

0.9

Reversible myocardial perfusion abnormality

78 (56%)

21 (51%)

57 (60%)

0.37

CFR-LAD Median (IQR)

2,0 (0.2)

1,9 (0.3)

2 (0.2)

0.003

  1. CAD coronary artery disease, IQR interquartile range, WM wall motion, CFR-LAD coronary flow reserve of the left anterior descending coronary artery