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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jul 22;52(4):279–286. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.04.025

Table 1.

Demographic Data

Any Events Hard Events

Yes No Yes No

Patient Characteristics (n=200) (n=106) (n=94) (n=35) (n=165)
 Age, y 64±11 63±11 65±11 63±10 64±11
 Men:Women 130:70 68:38 62:32 26:9 104:61
 Weight, Kg 90±20 91±21 90±19 90±20 91±20
 Height, cm 170±11 170±10 171±11 170±11 170±11
 BSA, m2 2.06±0.67 2.01±0.24 2.12±0.99 2.01±0.25 2.07±0.7
 LVEF, % *,** 43.5±9 42±10 45±9 39±10 44±9
 WMSI rest ** 1.71±0.48 1.77±0.51 1.64±0.45 2.01±0.50 1.65±0.46
 WMSI peak *,** 1.59±0.50 1.68±0.53 1.49±0.45 1.94±0.52 1.52±0.47

Historical Information n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
 Hypertension 145(72) 80(75) 65(69) 24(69) 121(73)
 Diabetes mellitus 80(40) 47(44) 33(35) 16(46) 64(39)
 COPD 40(20) 23(22) 17(18) 7(21) 33(20)
 Smoking 89(44) 48(45) 41(44) 16(46) 73(44)
 Hypercholesterolemia 114(57) 60(57) 54(57) 17(49) 97(59)
 Prior revascularization (CABG or PTCA) 114(57) 59(56) 55(59) 19(54 95(58)
 Prior Q-wave MI 82(41) 42(40) 40(43) 18(51) 64(39)

Medications
 B-Blockers 96(48) 54(51) 42(45) 15(43) 81(49)
 Calcium antagonist 48(24) 29(27) 19(20) 8(23) 40(24)
 ASA 132(66) 71(67) 61(65) 20(57) 112(68)
 Nitrate 78(39) 43(41) 35(37) 14(40) 64(39)
 ACE inhibitor * 75(37) 49(46) 26(28) 16(46) 59(36)
 Diuretic * 102(51) 64(60) 38(40) 23(66) 79(48)

Abbreviations: BSA, body surface area; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; LVEF, left ventricule ejection fraction; WMSI, wall motion score index; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty;

*

p<0.05 any events yes vs. no;

**

p<0.05 hard events yes vs. no