Table 1.
Baseline characteristics.
| Overall (n = 664) | ||
| Clinical characteristics | ||
| Age (years) | 60.2 10.7 | |
| Male sex (n, %) | 527 (79.4) | |
| Diabetes mellitus (n, %) | 246 (37.0) | |
| Hypertension (n, %) | 338 (50.9) | |
| Hypercholesterolemia (n, %) | 90 (13.6) | |
| Coronary artery disease (n, %) | 329 (49.5) | |
| Current smoker (n, %) | 171 (25.8) | |
| Clinical presentation (n, %) | ||
| Chronic coronary syndrome | 279 (42.0) | |
| Acute coronary syndrome | 385 (58.0) | |
| Unstable angina | 101 (15.2) | |
| NSTEMI | 119 (17.9) | |
| STEMI | 165 (24.1) | |
| Coronary anatomy (n, %) | ||
| Left main | 8 (1.0) | |
| Left anterior descending artery | 342 (42.4) | |
| Left circumflex artery | 204 (25.2) | |
| Right coronary artery | 220 (27.2) | |
| Bypass graft | 34 (4.2) | |
Abbreviations: NSTEMI, Myocardial infarction without ST segment elevation; STEMI, Myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation.