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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 12.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2012 Dec 12;308(22):2380–2389. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.28726

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of BMC and Placebo Groupsa

3 Day 7 Day
BMC
N=43
Placebo
N=24
BMC
N=36
Placebo
N=17
Patient Characteristics:
Age, mean (SD) 55.6 (10.8) 57.0 (12.4) 58.2 (11.3) 57.0 (8.0)
Female 5 (11.6) 3 (12.5) 5 (13.9) 2 (11.7)
Height in inches, mean (SD) 69.7 (3.4) 68.3 (3.1) 68.9 (4.2) 69.3 (4.5)
Weight in pounds, mean (SD) 211.6 (41.4) 197.6 (50.3) 202.9 (45.1) 214.7 (35.9)
BMI, mean (SD) 30.5 (5.4) 29.6 (6.8) 29.9 (5.5) 31.3 (3.3)
Race:
 White 38 (88.4) 20 (83.3) 31 (86.1) 15 (88.2)
 Nonwhite 5 (11.63) 4 (16.67) 5 (13.89) 2 (11.76)
Qualifying LVEF % (echocardiogram), mean (SD) 36.1 (6.1) 37.8 (6.6) 36.5 (6.3) 36.6 (4.1)
History of:
Diabetes 10 (23.3) 8 (33.3) 4 (11.1) 0 (0.0)
High Blood Pressure 19 (44.2) 15 (62.5) 23 (63.9) 13 (76.5)
Hyperlipidemia 28 (65.1) 15 (62.5) 25 (69.4) 13 (76.5)
Angina 7 (16.3) 2 (8.3) 6 (16.7) 5 (29.4)
Smoking 28 (65.1) 17 (70.8) 19 (52.8) 11 (64.7)
Initial Presentation at ED:
Heart Rate
 Initial at ED, mean (SD) 81.5 (14.2) 78.7 (13.6) 74.2 (15.3) 82.3 (17.7)
  median (range) 82.0 (70.0-91.0) 74.5 (70.0-90.5) 75.5 (65.0-82.5) 82.0 (75.0-89.0)
 At discharge, mean (SD) (N=42 BMC 3 day) 76.8 (12.1) 79.5 (14.9) 75.8 (10.4) 78.1 (9.2)
  median (range) 74.5 (68.0-85.0) 76.5 (70.0-88.5) 77.5 (68.5-83.5) 78.0 (72.0-82.0)
BP in mm Hg, mean (SD), (N=42 BMC 3 day)
 Systolic 115.2 (14.0) 115.4 (11.0) 111.5 (16.4) 112.0 (16.4)
 Diastolic 70.2 (10.7) 68.3 (7.7) 68.7 (11.2) 69.5 (7.4)
Preinfarction Angina 10 (23.3) 7 (29.2) 11 (30.6) 7 (41.2)
Labs:
Hemoglobin in gm/dL, mean (SD) (N=38 BMC 3 day,
N=17 Placebo 3 day; N=29 BMC 7 day, N=15 Placebo 7 day)
14.1 (1.7) 12.8 (1.5) 14.1 (1.5) 13.9 (2.0)
hsCRP in mg/L, median (IQR) (N=39 BMC 3 day, N=21
Placebo 3 day; N=33 BMC 7 day, N=16 Placebo 7 day)
20.8 (8.9-52.2) 38.8 (10.8-49.4) 28.1 (9.5-48.6)) 34.0 (16.1-48.0)
BNP reg in pg/ml, median (IQR) (N=34 BMC 3 day,
N=20 Placebo 3 day; N=30 BMC 7 day, N=15 Placebo 7 day)
189.0 (90.0-
394.0)
205.5 (118.0-
394.5)
177.5 (139.0-
238.0)
150.0 (125.0-
370.0)
Peak CKMB in ng/ml, median (IQR) (N=29 BMC 3
day, N=19 Placebo 3 day; N=31 BMC 7 day, N=15 Placebo 7
day)
180.9 (42.1-
1302.0)
133.0 (62.0-
432.7)
402.0 (234.0-
466.0)
227.0 (76.0-
442.0)
Peak Troponin in ng/ml, mean (SD)
 T (N=18 BMC 3 day, N=12 Placebo 3 day; N=21 BMC
 7 day, N=14 Placebo 7 day)
9.0 (7.8) 6.2 (4.7) 12.3 (8.1) 10.9 (8.3)
 I, mean (SD) (N=14 BMC 3 day, N=4 Placebo 3 day;
 N=5 BMC 7 day, N=1 Placebo 7 day)
58.6 (82.6) 46.1 (38.5) 189.4 (140.6) 128.9 (−)
MI Treatment:
Ischemic Time in hours, median (IQR) 3.4 (2.4-7.6) 3.6 (2.2-8.6) 4.0 (2.1-6.5) 3.5 (2.2-11.8)
Door to Balloon in hours, median (IQR) (N=42 BMC
3 day)
1.2 (0.7-1.7) 1.3 (0.6-2.4) 1.5 (1.0-1.9) 1.2 (0.6-2.2)
Transferred from outside hosp. after PCI 5 (11.6) 2 (8.3) 2 (5.6) 0 (0)
Time from bone marrow aspiration to infusion in
hours, median (IQR)
8.4 (7.9-9.2) 8.8 (8.0-9.5) 7.9 (7.5-8.9) 8.6 (7.8-9.0)
Time from PCI to infusion in days, median (IQR)
(N=42 BMC 3 day)
3.3 (2.8-3.8) 3.2 (2.5-4.1) 7.4 (7.0-7.9) 7.6 (7.0-8.3)
Drug Eluting Stent 33 (76.74) 21 (87.50) 29 (80.56) 14 (82.35)
Stent Region:
 LAD 37 (86.0) 23 (95.8) 35 (97.2) 17 (100)
  LAD only 35 (81.4) 22 (91.7) 33 (91.7) 17 (100)
  LAD + LCX 0 (0.0) 1 (4.2) 1 (2.8) 0 (0.0)
  LAD + RCA 2 (4.7) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.8) 0 (0.0)
 LCX only 1 (2.3) 1 (4.7) 1 (2.8) 0 (0.0)
 RCA only 5 (11.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Medications at Time of Randomization:
ACE inhibitor 35 (81.4) 19 (79.2) 33 (91.7) 13 (76.5)
Plavix/Plasugrel/Clopidogel 42 (97.7) 23 (95.8) 33 (91.7) 17 (100)
Aspirin 42 (97.7) 24 (100) 34 (94.4) 17 (100)
BetaBlockers 42 (97.7) 24 (100) 35 (97.2) 16 (94.1)
Statins 39 (90.7) 22 (91.7) 34 (94.4) 17 (100)
Diuretics 7 (16.3) 5 (20.8) 11 (30.6) 2 (11.8)
Coumadin/Warfarin/Lovenox 4 (9.3) 3 (12.5) 11 (30.6) 3 (17.7)

Abbreviations: BMC, bone marrow mononuclear cell; BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; ED, emergency department; hsCRP, highsensitivity C-reactive protein; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; BP, blood pressure; IQR, interquartile range; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; LCX, left circumflex coronary artery; RCA, right coronary artery

a

Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise specified.