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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients

From: Usefulness of carotid ultrasonography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing exercise echocardiography

 

Non-prior vascular disease (n = 156)

Age (years)

66.1 (10.4)

Male sex (%)

102 (65.4%)

Body mass index (Kg/m2)

28.7 (4.0)

Hypertension

93 (59.6%)

Hypercholesterolemia

91 (58.3%)

DM

41 (26.3%)

Smoking habit

68 (43.6%)

Family history of premature CAD

22 (14.1%)

SCORE

 Low

10 (6.4%)

 Moderate

52 (33.3%)

 High

47 (30.1%)

 Very high

45 (28.8%)

Chest pain

149 (95.5%)

 Typical

82 (55.0%)

 Atypical

65 (43.6%)

 Non-anginal

2 (1.3%)

FPG levels (mg/dL)

114.3 (33.5)

GFR (ml//min/1.73 m2)

78.3 (24.0)

Total Cholesterol levels (mg/dL)

189.2 (44.7)

Low-density lipoprotein levels (mg/dL)

114.4 (38.5)

High-density lipoprotein levels (mg/dL)

44.1 (11.7)

Triglyceride levels (mg/dL)

159.1 (94.1)

Drugs prior EE

 

Beta-blockers

36 (23.1%)

Calcium channel blockers

40 (25.6%)

Nitrates

23 (14.7%)

Statins

68 (43.6%)

Antiplatelet drugs

51 (32.7%)

EE data

 

Systolic BP (mmHg)

 Rest

141.5 (20.3)

 Peak

184.9 (29.3)

Heart rate (beats/min)

 Rest

69.9 (13.1)

 Peak

131.6 (18.6)

Rate-pressure (×  103 mmHg beats/min)

 Rest

9.9 (2.5)

 Peak

24.4 (5.6)

Exercise time (min)

6.9 (2.7)

Positive EE

93 (59.6%)

Negative EE

38 (24.4%)

Failure to achieve submaximal predicted heart rate

25 (16.0%)

Metabolic equivalents

7.5 (2.6)

Left ventricular ejection fraction (%)

 Rest

62.5 (7.1)

 Peak

64.3 (12.4)

Resting wall motion abnormality

21 (13.6%)

Wall motion score index

 Rest

1.04 (0.17)

 Peak

1.22 (0.28)

Carotid ultrasound data

Mean CIMT (mm)

0.88 (0.19)

Mean CIMT percentile Spanish population

  ≤ 25th

18 (11.5%)

 25th - 75th

40 (25.6%)

  ≥ 75th

98 (62.8%)

CP

95 (60.9%)

Calcified CP

47 (30.5%)

  1. BP Blood pressure, CAD coronary artery disease, CIMT carotid intima-media thickness, CP carotid plaque, DM diabetes mellitus, EE exercise echocardiography, FPG fasting plasma glucose, GFR glomerular filtration rate, SCORE European Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation