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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2023 Aug 19;266:61–73. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.08.007

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of ISCHEMIA Biorepository Biomarker Cohort

Characteristic Study Population
No. (%)a
No. 757
Demographics
Age at randomization, years
 No. 757
 Median (Q1, Q3) 67 (61, 72)
Follow-up time, years
 No. 757
 Median (Q1, Q3) 3 (2, 5)
Female sex 144/757 (19%)
Race
 White 634/755 (84%)
 Black 84/755 (11%)
 Asian 20/755 (3%)
 Other or multiple ethnic groups 17/755 (2%)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity 38/750 (5%)
Cigarette smoking
 Current smoker 85/757 (11%)
 Former smoker 412/757 (54%)
 Never smoker 260/757 (34%)
Randomized to invasive 368/757 (49%)
Randomized to conservative 389/757 (51%)
Clinical history
Diabetes 344/757 (45%)
 Insulin treated 141/341 (41%)
 Non-insulin treated or diet controlled 200/341 (59%)
Hypertension 644/755 (85%)
BMI, kg/m2
 No. 754
 Median (Q1, Q3) 29 (26, 33)
Obese, BMI ≥30 kg/m2 343/754 (45%)
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2
 No. 757
 Median (Q1, Q3) 74 (58, 90)
eGFR <60 ml/min/1.73 m2 206/757 (27%)
Baseline dialysis 49/757 (6%)
Left ventricular ejection fraction
 No. 757
 Median (Q1, Q3) 60 (54, 65)
Left ventricular ejection fraction <45% 52/756 (7%)
Prior myocardial infarction 175/754 (23%)
Prior PCI 203/757 (27%)
Prior CABG 43/757 (6%)
History of heart failure 34/757 (4%)
History of cerebrovascular disease 85/756 (11%)
History of peripheral artery disease 45/755 (6%)
Family history of premature CAD 209/645 (32%)
Ischemia severity by stress testing
 Severe 329/756 (44%)
 Moderate 355/756 (47%)
 Mild/none 69/756 (9%)
 Uninterpretable 3/756 (0%)
CCTA findings
CCTA performed 508/757 (67%)
 Any obstructive disease ≥70% stenosis by CCTA 392/508 (77%)
 Multivessel disease ≥70% stenosis by CCTA 185/508 (36%)
Vessels ≥70% stenosis by CCTA
 0 60/508 (12%)
 1 134/508 (26%)
 2 84/508 (17%)
 3 or more 65/508 (13%)
Non evaluable 165/508 (32%)
a

Continuously measured variables are summarized with the median, 25th percentile (Q1), and 75th percentile (Q3).