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. 2013 Jan 23;34(18):1375–1383. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht005

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients

Variables PCI-only (n = 6268) FFR-guided group (n = 1090)
All (n = 1090) FFR-Perform (n = 369) FFR-Defer (n = 721)
Age (year) 67.9 ± 11.6* 65.7 ± 11.3 65.5 ± 11.3 65.8 ± 11.4
Male gender, n (%) 4416 (70.4)* 683 (62.6) 255 (69.1) 428 (59.3)
Body mass index 30.2 ± 5.9 30.4 ± 5.8 30.4 ± 5.7 30.4 ± 5.8
Current smoking, n (%) 836 (13.3) 140 (12.8) 49 (13.2) 91 (12.6)
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 1862 (29.7) 306 (28.0) 106 (28.7) 200 (27.7)
Hypertension, n (%) 4897 (78.1) 864 (79.2) 296 (80.2) 568 (78.7)
Hypercholesterolaemia, n (%) 5119 (81.6)* 608 (55.7) 312 (84.5) 296 (41.0)
Chest pain, n (%) 4529 (72.2)* 753 (69.0) 261 (70.7) 492 (68.2)
Dyspnoea, n (%) 168 (2.6)* 89 (8.1) 5 (1.3) 84 (11.6)
ACS (1–7 days), n (%) 818 (13.0)* 48 (4.4) 19 (5.1) 29 (4.0)
History of MI (>7 days), n (%) 1882 (31) 270 (25) 99 (27) 171 (24)
Prior PCI, n (%) 1981 (31.6)* 445 (40.8) 168 (45.5) 277 (38.4)
CVD, n (%) 682 (10.8) 103 (9.4) 35 (9.4) 68 (9.4)
PAD, n (%) 718 (11.4) 106 (9.7) 37 (10.0) 69 (9.5)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, n (%) 704 (11.2) 121 (11.1) 32 (8.6) 89 (12.3)
Renal dysfunction, n (%) 285 (4.5) 41 (3.7) 13 (3.5) 28 (3.8)
Stress test, n (%) 1008 (16.0) 112 (10.2) 67 (18.1) 45 (6.2)
LVEF ≤40%, n (%) 705 (11.2)* 82 (7.5) 31 (8.4) 51 (7.0)

ACS, acute coronary syndrome; CVD, cerebral vascular disease; FFR, fractional flow reserve; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; PAD, peripheral artery disease.

*P < 0.001 when compared with the FFR-guided group.

P < 0.05 when  compared with the FFR-Perform group.

P < 0.001 when compared with the FFR-Perform group.