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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2003 Jan 21;107(2):245–250. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000044387.23578.e9

TABLE 1. Characteristics of 229 Participants With Coronary Disease, Including 118 With Exercise-Induced Ischemia and 111 Without Inducible Ischemia.

Variable Ischemia
(n=118)
No Ischemia
(n=111)
P Value
Age, y 71.9±9.2 66.9±10.9 <0.001
Male sex, % 95 95 0.91
White race, % 67 58 0.15
History, %
 Hypertension 71 70 0.84
 Myocardial infarction 65 51 0.03
 Congestive heart failure 26 7 <0.001
 Stroke 13 11 0.66
 Diabetes 32 21 0.07
 Coronary artery bypass grafting 47 47 0.92
 Angioplasty 32 49 0.009
Current smoking, % 18 19 0.80
Body mass index, kg/m2 27.8±5.0 28.0±4.4 0.77
Exercise capacity, METs 5.9±2.5 9.0±2.6 <0.001
Left ventricular ejection fraction 0.61±0.11 0.64±0.09 0.006
Current angina, % 39 32 0.24
Medication, %
β-Blocker 62 60 0.82
 Statin 68 74 0.31
 ACE inhibitor 55 39 0.01
 Aspirin 86 79 0.21
 Estrogen (in women) 17 50 0.55
Labs
 LDL cholesterol 105.1±34.3 107.1±32.9 0.67
 HDL cholesterol 45.7±16.7 47.5±12.4 0.36
 Total/HDL cholesterol 4.2±1.4 4.0±1.2 0.24
 Creatinine clearance 70.9±23.3 86.0±28.2 <0.001

Values are expressed as mean±SD or percent. ACE indicate angiotensin-converting enzyme.