Table II.

Patient Demographics for Small Diameter Coronary Stenting with BMS vs. DES

Variable	BMS (N=765)	DES (N=775)	P Value
Mean age (years)	63.9	63.3	0.32
Female	46.6%	35.6%	<0.001
Mean Body Mass Index (kg/m2)	28.7	29.3	0.06
Prior percutaneous coronary intervention	22.7%	39.0 %	0.001
Prior coronary artery bypass graft	13.6%	18.2%	0.04
Prior myocardial infarction	31.1%	22.7%	0.0005
Diabetes mellitus	30.2%	37.8%	0.003
Insulin treated diabetes mellitus	9.2%	13.0%	0.03
Hypertension*	69.3%	78.0%	0.003
Heart failure	10.2%	7.1%	0.04
Hypercholesterolemia**	68.7%	78.1%	0.0002
Severe non-cardiac concomitant disease	34.6%	38.2%	0.18
Cerebrovascular disease	7.0%	9.0%	0.18
Pulmonary disease	9.1%	7.3%	0.25
Renal disease	5.3%	8.4%	0.02
Peripheral vascular disease	9.2%	7.9%	0.40
Current Smoker	27.6%	22.0%	0.04

^**Hypercholesterolemia = repeated values for serum cholesterol greater than 240mg/100ml or if a physician has medically treated the participant for high cholesterol

^*Hypertension = blood pressure ≥ 140 systolic or ≥ 90 diastolic on two occasions or if the patient is currently on antihypertensive medications