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. 2013 Apr 30;8:117. doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-8-117

Table 3.

Coronary dilations stratified by medications commonly prescribed to patients in obese or non-obese patients

 
BMI ≥ 30
BMI < 30
 
Bradykinin response [10-8M] -% dilation (Std. Error)
Bradykinin response [10-8M] -% dilation (Std. Error)
  (+) Drug (-) Drug P Value (+) Drug (-) Drug P Value
ACE inhibitor
63.5 (9.5)
51.0 (5.3)
0.237
33.5 (6.2)
58.2 (5.8)
0.007
Angiotensin receptor blocker
55.1 (6.1)
54.1 (7.2)
0.919
64.4 (8.1)
36.9 (5.1)
0.007
Aspirin
57.1 (4.8)
43.1 (14.6)
0.261
49.2 (5.3)
30.5 (9.2)
0.086
Statin
58.3 (4.7)
50.4 (8.6)
0.412
53.7 (5.1)
20.1 (6.0)
0.001
Insulin
48.3 (7.6)
56.3 (5.6)
0.492
57.9 (10.3)
41.3 (5.2)
0.165
Anti-diabetics
62.0 (23.0)
52.6 (5.1)
0.424
46.2 (11.5)
44.1 (5.3)
0.867
Beta blocker
89.3% of obese patients are on beta blockers; test not valid
51.5 (5.7)
34.8 (7.6)
0.081
Diuretic
50.3 (9.8)
55.8 (5.4)
0.641
52.3 (6.0)
38.9 (6.7)
0.166
Calcium channel blocker
55.8 (7.6)
53.5 (6.1)
0.811
38.6 (7.2)
49.2 (6.2)
0.267
H+ blocker
62.0 (6.8)
49.8 (62.6)
0.210
45.8 (7.9)
44.3 (5.5)
0.907
Nitrate 59.9 (8.6) 52.5 (5.7) 0.487 11.1% of non-obese patients are on nitrates; test not valid

BMI – body mass index; ACE – angiotensin converting enzyme; ARB – angiotensin receptor blocker; CCB – calcium channel blocker, Significance determined by 1-Way ANOVA. Data is presented as the mean ± standard deviation.