Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study groups*
| P value |
P value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal group n=1742 |
CAS group n=8057 |
Ectasia group n=151 |
CAE vs. Normal | CAE vs. CAS | |
| Age (y) | 54.01±9.75 | 59.21±9.96 | 56.97±10.86 | < 0.001 | 0.030 |
| Male sex | 771 (44.3) | 57517 (71.1) | 113 (74.8) | < 0.001 | 0.318 |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 29.22±4.96 | 27.51±4.30 | 29.28±4.55 | 0.875 | < 0.001 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 1080 (63.0) | 5399 (67.5) | 102 (68.9) | 0.150 | 0.706 |
| Hypertension | 807 (46.6) | 4247 (52.6) | 67 (44.7) | 0.654 | 0.052 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 315 (18.2) | 2545 (31.5) | 29 (19.6) | 0.668 | 0.002 |
| Cigarette smoking | 357 (20.5) | 3383 (41.8) | 54 (35.8) | < 0.001 | 0.134 |
| Family history of CAD | 363 (21.5) | 1787 (22.62) | 29 (19.5) | 0.555 | 0.371 |
| Ejection fraction (%) | 60.13±4.72 | 49.78±11.33 | 58.89±5.31 | 0.005 | < 0.001 |
| Presentation | |||||
| Chest pain | 1368 (78.8) | 5312 (66.2) | 105 (69.5) | 0.008 | 0.392 |
| Dyspnea on exertion | 120 (6.9) | 538 (6.7) | 7 (4.6) | 0.287 | 0.312 |
| History of myocardial infarction | 93 (5.3) | 3471(42.9) | 21 (13.9) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
CAS, Coronary artery stenosis; CAE, Coronary artery ectasia; BMI, Body mass index
*
Data are presented as mean±SD or n (%)