Table 1. Patients’ baseline characteristics.

	N = 361
Age (years)	65.80 ± 10.5
Male sex	76.9
Hypertension	63.3
Diabetes mellitus	31
Hypercholesterolemia	60.4
Active/former smoker	19.7/40.5
Previous acute coronary syndrome	30.5
Atrial fibrillation	14.7
Heart failure/dysfunction	15.4
Peripheral artery disease	10
Valvular heart disease, previous bypass, stroke	< 6

Data are expressed as No. (%) mean ± standard deviation.