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. 2011 Sep 12;13(1):46. doi: 10.1186/1532-429X-13-46

Table 3.

Clinical data in DCMR-neg patients

DCMR-neg patients Patients without invasive angiography


no invasive angio invasive angio no event event
n = 833 n = 90 p n = 825 n = 8 p


Clinical characteristics
 Age [years] 62 ± 11 64 ± 11 0.27 62 ± 11 59 ± 10 0.28
 Male, % 62 72 0.06 62 71 0.61
 Body mass index [kg/m2] 27 ± 4 27 ± 4 0.77 27 ± 4 28 ± 6 0.29
 LVEF 58 ± 6 58 ± 8 0.31 58 ± 6 53 ± 14 0.76
 Hypertension, % 70 76 0.26 70 86 0.36
 Hyperlipidemia, % 57 71 0.01 57 86 0.13
 Diabetes mellitus, % 19 22 0.39 18 29 0.49
 Smoking, % 30 41 0.03 30 29 0.93
 Family history, % 34 30 0.49 34 14 0.28
 Framingham risk score 15 ± 11 16 ± 11 0.56 15 ± 11 18 ± 9 0.7
 Known CAD, % 32 58 <0.001 32 57 0.15
 Prior myocardial infarction, % 22 30 0.11 30 71 0.03
 Prior PCI, % 25 52 <0.001 25 43 0.38
 Prior CABG, % 10 22 0.001 10 29 0.16
Medication, %
 Aspirin 60 87 <0.001 60 86 0.25
 Betablocker 62 76 0.01 61 100 0.04
 ACE inhibitor 48 67 0.001 48 57 0.71
 Angiotensin receptor blocker 25 20 0.4 25 14 0.53
 Calcium channel blocker 21 27 0.28 21 14 0.65
 Statin 57 87 <0.001 56 71 0.43
 Diuretic 32 46 0.02 32 29 0.83

Values are expressed as mean ± SD or %, DCMR-pos patients with vs. without invasive coronary angiography, DCMR-pos patients with vs. without coronary stenosis