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. 2024 Oct 15;52(3):1050–1059. doi: 10.1007/s00259-024-06948-8

Table 2.

Comparison of patients with and without MACE

Total
(n = 289)
MACE (+)
(n = 49)
MACE (–)
(n = 240)
P
Age (y) 66 (59–73) 67 (59–71) 66 (59–74) 0.819
Male sex 169 (58%) 32 (65%) 137 (57%) 0.365
Obesity 14 (5%) 1 (1%) 13 (5%) 0.524
Smoking 62 (21%) 20 (41%) 42 (18%) 0.001*
Hypertension 188 (65%) 36 (74%) 152 (63%) 0.233
Diabetes 102 (35%) 29 (59%) 73 (30%) < 0.001*
Dyslipidaemia 131 (45%) 23 (47%) 108 (45%) 0.928
Chronic kidney disease 39 (13%) 12 (25%) 27 (11%) 0.025*
CTac
 AI-CACac 56 (7–461) 166 (15–716) 56 (7–461) 0.039*
 log(AI-CACac + 1) 4.2 (2.2–6.2) 5.1 (2.8–6.6) 4.0 (2.1–6.1) 0.039*
  > 0 271 (94%) 48 (98%) 223 (93%) 0.314
  > 10 207 (72%) 41 (84%) 166 (69%) 0.060
  > 28** 165 (57%) 35 (71%) 130 (54%) 0.039*
  > 100 136 (47%) 28 (57%) 108 (45%) 0.163
  > 400 81 (28%) 17 (35%) 64 (27%) 0.334
  > 1000 35 (12%) 10 (20%) 25 (10%) 0.087

Age-adjusted risk

 > 75 percentile

84 (29%) 19 (39%) 65 (27%) 0.142
[13N]ammonia PET
 Stress MBF (mL/min/g) 2.2 (1.8–2.6) 2.0 (1.6–2.3) 2.2 (1.9–2.7) 0.005*
 Rest MBF (mL/min/g) 0.9 (0.7–1.0) 0.9 (0.7–1.1) 0.9 (0.7–1.0) 0.682
 MFR 2.4 (2.0–3.0) 2.1 (1.8–2.7) 2.5 (2.0–3.0) 0.006*
  MFR < 2.2** 93 (32%) 25 (52%) 68 (30%) 0.006*
 Minimal to severe CFC reduction 133 (46%) 31 (63%) 102 (43%) 0.012*

 Mild to severe CFC reduction

(= impaired CFC)

70 (24%) 20 (41%) 50 (21%) 0.005*
 Moderate to severe CFC reduction 11 (4%) 1 (2%) 10 (4%) 0.765
 Significant ischaemia (SDS ≥ 7) 48 (17%) 13 (27%) 35 (15%) 0.087
 SSS ≥ 5** 106 (37%) 27 (56%) 79 (35%) 0.010*
 Stress EF (%) 58 ± 9 57 ± 10 59 ± 9 0.156
 Rest EF (%) 57 ± 7 57 ± 7 57 ± 6 0.860

Data are presented as means ± standard deviations, medians (interquartile ranges) or n (%)

*p < 0.05

**Optimal cutoff obtained by surv_cutpoint function from the survminer package, R statistics

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