Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients according to IMT groups.
| All | IMT < 0.90 | IMT 0.91-1.19 | IMT > 1.20 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 115 | n = 37 | n = 38 | n = 40 | p | |
| Age (years) | 65 ± 12 | 63 ± 15 | 65 ± 12 | 67 ± 9 | 0.33 |
| Male gender | 76 (66) | 20 (54) | 28 (74) | 28 (70) | 0.16 |
| Smoking | 89 (77) | 28 (76) | 32 (84) | 29 (73) | 0.45 |
| CAD family history | 86 (75) | 27 (73) | 25 (66) | 34 (85) | 0.14 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 31 (27) | 10 (27) | 8 (21) | 13 (33) | 0.52 |
| Dyslipidaemia | 72 (63) | 25 (68) | 16 (42)* | 31 (78)# | 0.004 |
| Hypertension | 86 (75) | 26 (70) | 30 (79) | 30 (75) | 0.69 |
| Unstable angina | 30 (26) | 14 (38) | 10 (26) | 6 (15) | 0.07 |
| NSTEMI/STEMI | 85 (74) | 23 (62) | 28 (74) | 34 (85) | 0.07 |
| LVMI (g/m2) | 133.5 ± 21.6 | 114.3 ± 11.1 | 131.2 ± 8.4 | 153.5 ± 20.6 | < 0.001 |
| Coronary angiography | |||||
| RCA | 69 (60) | 16 (43) | 20 (53) | 33 (83) | 0.001 |
| LAD | 26 (23) | 7 (19) | 5 (13) | 14 (35) | 0.06 |
| LCX | 41 (36) | 10 (27) | 10 (26) | 21 (53)*# | 0.022 |
| PDA | 25 (22) | 4 (11) | 8 (21) | 13 (33) | 0.07 |
| LMCA | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 0.62 |
| Significantly (> 70%) stenosed coronaries | < 0.001 | ||||
| Monovasal | 79 (69) | 37 (100) | 32 (84)* | 10 (25)*# | |
| Bi-vasal | 24 (21) | 0 (0) | 6 (16) | 18 (45) | |
| Tri-vasal | 12 (10) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 12 (30) | |
| PCI | 32 (28) | 6 (16) | 6 (16) | 20 (50)*# | < 0.0001 |
| CABG | 6 (5) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 5 (13)*# | 0.033 |
Mean values ± Standard Deviation or number (percentages) of patients.
*P < 0.05 vs. IMT ≤ 0.90; #P < 0.05 vs. IMT 0.91-1.19.
IMT: Intima-media thickness; CAD: coronary artery diseases; RCA: Right coronary artery; LAD: Left Anterior Descending Artery; LCX: left circumflex artery; PDA: posterior descending artery; LMCA: left main coronary artery; PCI: Percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG: Coronary artery bypass surgery; LVMI: left ventricular mass index; NSTEMI: Non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI: ST segment elevation myocardial infarction