Table 1.
Demographics and baseline characteristics
| Patients with ACS (n=482) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 71·5 (8·1) | |
| Women | 125 (26%) | |
| Smoking | ||
| Current | 70 (15%) | |
| Previous | 224 (46%) | |
| Never | 188 (39%) | |
| Hypertension | 433 (90%) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 99 (21%) | |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 178 (40%) | |
| Atrial fibrillation | 35 (7%) | |
| Carotid artery stenosis | ||
| <70% | 1 (0%) | |
| 70–79% | 244 (51%) | |
| 80–89% | 138 (29%) | |
| 90–99% | 99 (21%) | |
| Contralateral carotid stenosis ≥70%* | 94 (20%) | |
| History of ipsilateral ischaemia in study artery territory | 37 (8%) | |
Data are mean (SD) or number (%).
*
472 patients with data available. ACS=asymptomatic carotid stenosis.