Table 1. Clinical characteristics, lipoproteins, biomarkers, gene expression score and angiography results in all patients expressed as mean ± standard deviation or median and interquartile range, as appropriate.

Characteristics	Results
Age (years)	61.1±8.6
Gender (% male)	67%
% on lipid-lowering medications	88.9%
% on aspirin therapy	88.9%
% with hypertension	83.3%
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	154.2±53.5
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)†	75.4±21.3
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)‡	45.8±19
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	101.9 (67.2-165)
hsCRP (mg/dL)§	0.9 (0.4-2.3)
Lp-PLA2 (ng/mL)¶	148.2±44.5
Gene expression score	21.6±9.4
% luminal stenosis	58±16%
Fractional flow reserve	0.88±0.1

^†Low-density lipoprotein; ^‡High-density lipoprotein; ^§high sensitivity C-reactive protein; ^¶Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2