Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population.

Variable	MAC Group n = 100	Control Group n = 100	P value
Age, years	65.9 ± 4.8	65.3 ± 4.1	0.11
Women/men (%)	64/36	45/55	0.007
Hypertension (%)	42	28	0.03
Coronary artery disease (%)	37	18	0.003
Diabetes mellitus (%)	26	19	0.23
Hypercholesterolemia (%)	33	24	0.15
Cigarette smoking (%)	17	14	0.55
Asetil salisilic acid use (%)	58	48	0.15
Statin use (%)	42	34	0.24
ACEI or ARB use (%)	34	26	0.21

ACEI: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB: angiotensin-receptor blocker; MAC: mitral annular calcification.