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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2013 Aug 14;40(12):10.1007/s00259-013-2518-4. doi: 10.1007/s00259-013-2518-4

TABLE 1.

Baseline patient characteristics

Characteristic n =33
Mean age, y (SD) 64 (8.0)
Male sex, n (%) 26 (78.8)
Body mass index, kg/m2 (SD) 29 (5.1)
Medical history, n (%)
 Type II diabetes 10 (30.3)
 Hypertension 20 (60.6)
 CHD 28 (84.8)
 Abdominal aortic aneurysm 1 (3.0)
 Symptomatic carotid disease 3 (9.1)
 Peripheral arterial disease 2 (6.1)
 Smoking 4 (12.1)
Lipids (mg/dL)
 Total cholesterol 146.8 (29.0)
 LDL-C 74.8 (19.8)
 HDL-C 45.8 (14.7)
 Triglycerides (mg/dL) 130.7 (64.1)
hsCRP (mg/dL) 2.6 (3.5)

Data are mean (SD) unless otherwise stated

SD = standard deviation; CHD = coronary heart disease; LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; hsCRP = high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.