Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the pre-treatment patients in CREST.

Baseline Characteristics	Analysis of Agreement Between Clinical Sites and the Ultrasound Core Lab
	Included N=1702	Not included N=800	Total N=2502
Age (mean±SD)	68.9±8.8	69.4±8.9	69.0±8.9
Female	34.4%	35.9%	34.9%
Symptomatic	52.8%	52.8%	52.8%
Diabetes	30.5%	30.4%	30.5%
Hypertension	85.4%	87.1%	85.9%
Dyslipidemia	84.3%	84.5%	84.4%
Smoke	27.3%	24.0%	26.3%
History of CVD or CABG	44.9%	45.0%	45.0%
Severe stenosis (≥70%)	89.8%	78.0%*	86.0%

^*P<.001

CVD = Cardiovascular Disease

CABG = Coronary Artery Bypass Graft