Table 2.

Baseline demographic and clinical criteria (N=1,565)

Characteristic	Value
Age, mean (SE), y	69.6 (0.2)
Age >75 y, No. (%)	432 (28)
Female, No. (%)	580 (37)
White, No. (%)	1,382 (88)
Percent carotid stenosis, mean (SD)	79.4 (21)
Symptomatic carotid stenosis, No. (%)	414 (26)
Hypertension, No. (%)	1,307 (84)
Diabetes, No. (%)	510 (33)
Dyslipidemia, No. (%)	1,292 (83)
Current cigarette or cigar smoker, No. (%)	286 (18)
Prior CABG, No. (%)	376 (24)
Eccentric lesion, No. (%)	820 (52)
Ulcerated lesion, No. (%)	498 (32)
Lesion length ≥16 mm, No. (%)	758 (48)

Abbreviations: CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error.