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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2011 Sep 3;108(11):1658–1664. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.07.029

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of the Normal Glomerular Filtration Rate and Low Glomerular Filtration Rate Groups.

Variable Normal Glomerular Filtration Rate Low Glomerular Filtration Rate

BMS DES p-value BMS DES p-value

Number of Patients 1036 2013 345 763
Age (mean) (years) 63.1% 62.1% 0.03 71% 70.5% 0.65
Female 31.5% 26.8% 0.007 48.1% 46.9% 0.71
White 80.5% 74.7% 79.4% 79.7%
Black 12.1% 16.3% 12.5% 12.1%
Hispanic 4% 5.6% 3.5% 4.7%
Asian 3.5% 3% 4.7% 3.3%
Diabetes Mellitus 27.1% 31.2% 0.04 41.4% 47.6% 0.06
Hypertension 74.1% 78% 0.01 87.1% 87.8% 0.75
Hypercholesterolemia 73.9% 80.1% <0.001 70.7% 84.4% <0.001
Renal disease 0.7% 1.7% 0.03 25.3% 25.6% 0.92
Peripheral Vascular
Disease 7.4% 7.6% 0.92 17.4% 13% 0.92
Previous MI 27.5% 24.9% 0.13 31.3% 28.3% 0.32
Prior PCI 29.3% 35.8% <0.001 29.6% 39.1% 0.002
Prior CABG 16.3% 17.6% 0.36 31.6% 29.5% 0.48
CHF 9.5% 6.9% 0.01 24.6% 20.1% 0.10
LVEF % (mean) 53.8% 53.4% 0.58 50% 51.3% 0.16
Number of Coronary arteries narrowed 0.42 0.94
1 39.7% 36.8% 29% 27.5%
2 33.5% 34.2% 27.5% 29.1%
3 26.5% 28.8% 42.9% 42.9%
Primary Indication <0.001 0.005
Acute MI 14.5% 16.5% 15.7% 16%
USA 49.3% 39.6% 48.4% 39.4%
Stable Angina 26.3% 24.6% 16.2% 24.6%
Asymptomatic 8.4% 14.7% 15.1% 13.6%

Abbreviations: BMS- Bare metal stent, DES= drug eluting stent, MI= Myocardial infarction, PCI= Percutaneous coronary intervention, CABG= Coronary artery bypass grafting, CHF= Congestive heart failure, USA= Unstable Angina.