Table 2 Basic characteristics of patients, stratified according to presence of CAD verified by invasive CAG and CT CAG, respectively
CAG | CT CAG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | No CAD (n = 120) | CAD (n = 58) | p-value | No CAD (n = 71) | CAD (n = 91) | p-value |
Age (mean and SD)T | 61.6 ± 9.8 | 64.1 ± 8.9 | 0.1 | 60.4 ± 9.8 | 64.1 ± 8.9 | 0.02 |
Male (number and %)F | 46 (38.3) | 42 (72.4) | <0.0001 | 40.8 (29) | 57.1 (52) | 0.06 |
Family disposition to ischemic heart disease (number and %)F | 66 (55) | 28 (48.3) | 0.43 | 62.0 (44) | 48.4 (44) | 0.11 |
Actual smoking (number and %)F | 21 (17.5) | 17 (29.3) | 0.08 | 19.7 (14) | 24.2 (22) | 0.57 |
Lipid-lowering medication (number and %)F | 61 (50.8) | 44 (75.9) | 0.002 | 45.1 (32) | 70.3 (64) | 0.001 |
Antihypertensive medication (number and %)F | 75 (62.5) | 45 (77.6) | 0.06 | 62.0 (44) | 71.4 (65) | 0.24 |
Systolic blood pressure (mean and SD)T | 145.8 ± 21.6 | 148.6 ± 16.8 | 0.35 | 144.0 ± 20.1 | 147.4 ± 19.7 | 0.29 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mean and SD)T | 78.8 ± 11.0 | 80.4 ± 9.2 | 0.34 | 78.2 ± 9.7 | 79.6 ± 10.6 | 0.39 |
BMI (kg/m2)(mean and SD)T | 26.7 ± 4.3 | 27.2 ± 3.1 | 0.4 | 25.9 ± 4.0 | 27.4 ± 3.9 | 0.02 |
Waist circumference (cm) (mean and SD)T | 94.8 ± 12.4 | 99.6 ± 9.7 | 0.005 | 92.8 ± 11.9 | 98.1 ± 11.4 | <0.005 |
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) (mean and SD)T | 5.0 ± 0.9 | 5.0 ± 1.0 | 0.75 | 5.1 ± 1.0 | 4.9 ± 0.9 | 0.35 |
Triglycerides (mmol/L) (mean and SD) T | 1.3 0.7 | 1.8 1.3 | 0.02 | 1.3 0.7 | 1.2 0.8 | 0.1 |
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L ) (mean and SD) T | 1.7 0.5 | 1.4 0.4 | <0.001 | 1.7 0.5 | 1.5 0.4 | 0.03 |
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) (mean and SD)T (ntotal = 175) | 2.7 ± 0.9 (n = 119) | 2.8 ± 0.8 (n = 56) | 0.39 | 2.8 ± 1.0 (n = 70) | 2.7 ± 0.8 (n = 89) | 0.46 |
High sensitive CRP (mean and SD) T | 2.2 2.6 | 4.0 7.2 | 0.06 | 2.2 3.2 | 3.4 5.8 | 0.09 |
ApoB (g/L) (mean and SD)T | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 1.0 ± 0.2 | 0.09 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.91 |
Lp(a) (arb. units) (mean and SD) T | 315.1 387.9 | 456.4 511.0 | 0.06 | 276.5 346.2 | 412.9 487.4 | 0.07 |
sdLDL (mean and SD percentages)T | 40.0 16.8 | 50.1 19.5 | <0.001 | 39.5 17.1 | 45.8 18.7 | 0.03 |