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. 2025 Sep 1;21(17):e1015–e1027. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-24-00952

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the derivation cohort.

Total (n=435) No CMD (n=142) CMD (n=293) p-value
Age, years 60.00 [54.00, 65.00] 61.00 [56.00, 66.00] 59.00 [54.00, 65.00] 0.046
Male 388 (89.20) 122 (85.92) 266 (90.78) 0.125
BMI, kg/m² 24.58 [22.86, 26.45] 25.02 [23.23, 26.57] 24.51 [22.72, 26.30] 0.245
HR, bpm 76.00 [67.00, 87.00] 73.50 [65.00, 82.00] 78.00 [67.00, 88.00] 0.022
SBP, mmHg 134.62 (20.75) 134.86 (20.91) 134.50 (20.71) 0.867
DBP, mmHg 80.00 [72.00, 93.00] 79.00 [73.00, 88.00] 83.00 [72.00, 94.00] 0.036
Hypertension 220 (50.57) 64 (45.07) 156 (53.24) 0.110
Diabetes mellitus 130 (29.89) 40 (28.17) 90 (30.72) 0.586
Smoking 291 (66.90) 89 (62.68) 202 (68.94) 0.193
Hyperlipidaemia 202 (46.44) 57 (40.14) 145 (49.49) 0.067
CKD 10 (2.30) 3 (2.11) 7 (2.39) 0.999
LVEF, % 53.03 [46.22, 61.23] 59.05 [51.66, 64.79] 50.84 [43.12, 58.04] <0.001
STB time, hours 4.60 [3.40, 6.25] 4.78 [3.40, 6.81] 4.58 [3.37, 6.00] 0.479
Culprit vessel 0.181
LAD 276 (63.45) 94 (66.20) 182 (62.12)
LCx 33 (7.59) 6 (4.22) 27 (9.21)
RCA 126 (28.96) 42 (29.58) 84 (28.67)
Killip heart function classification <0.001
I 324 (74.48) 122 (85.92) 202 (68.94)
II-IV 111 (25.52) 18 (14.08) 70 (31.06)
Number of stents 0.303
0 15 (3.45) 6 (4.23) 9 (3.07)
1 322 (74.02) 103 (72.54) 219 (74.74)
2 92 (21.15) 29 (20.42) 63 (21.50)
3 6 (1.38) 4 (2.82) 2 (0.68)
Occlusion position 0.831
Proximal 224 (51.49) 76 (53.52) 148 (50.51)
Middle 199 (45.75) 62 (43.66) 137 (46.76)
Distal 12 (2.76) 4 (2.82) 8 (2.73)
Multivessel disease 242 (55.63) 81 (57.04) 161 (54.95) 0.680
TIMI flow pre-PCI 0.367
0 286 (65.75) 86 (60.56) 200 (68.26)
1 44 (10.11) 18 (12.68) 26 (8.87)
2 34 (7.82) 11 (7.75) 23 (7.85)
3 71 (16.32) 27 (19.01) 44 (15.02)
High thrombus burden 309 (71.03) 97 (68.31) 212 (72.35) 0.383
Thrombus aspiration 102 (23.45) 26 (18.31) 76 (25.94) 0.078
AMR, mmHg*s/dm 26.70 [23.20, 31.10] 24.15 [20.60, 27.73] 27.80 [24.40, 32.75] <0.001
μQFR 0.96 [0.93, 0.98] 0.95 [0.92, 0.97] 0.96 [0.93, 0.98] 0.075
Blood flow velocity, dm/s 1.46 [1.14, 1.78] 1.67 [1.38, 2.08] 1.30 [1.04, 1.70] <0.001
Values are n (%) or mean [interquartile range]. AMR: angiographic microcirculatory resistance; BMI: body mass index; CKD: chronic kidney disease; CMD: coronary microvascular dysfunction; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HR: heart rate; LAD: left anterior descending artery; LCx: left circumflex artery; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; RCA: right coronary artery; SBP: systolic blood pressure; STB: symptom-to-balloon; TIMI: Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction; μQFR: Murray law-based quantitative flow ratio