TABLE 1.
Patient characteristics
BMI, body mass index; DM, diabetes mellitus; IFG, impaired fasting glucose; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c.
| Pro-CCK |
p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 186) | <17.75 pm (n = 93) | ≥17.75 pm (n = 93) | ||
| Demographics | ||||
| Age (years)a | 69.3 ± 10.4 | 66.2 ± 10.5 | 72.3 ± 9.4 | 0.122 |
| Females/males (n) | 54/132 | 22/71 | 32/61 | 0.106 |
| BMI (kg/m2)a | 27.1 ± 5.0 | 28.3 ± 5.1 | 25.8 ± 4.6 | 0.495 |
| Cardiovascular disease (n) | ||||
| Nonischemic heart disease | 78 | 41 | 37 | 0.506 |
| Ischemic heart disease | 103 | 49 | 54 | |
| Missing | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Diabetic status (n) | ||||
| Nondiabetic | 119 | 55 | 64 | 0.532 |
| DM history | 38 | 21 | 17 | |
| DM newly diagnosed | 8 | 6 | 2 | |
| IFG | 14 | 7 | 7 | |
| Not classified | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Heart failure measurementsa | ||||
| LVEF (%) | 30.3 ± 8.3 | 30.0 ± 8.2 | 30.5 ± 8.4 | 0.600 |
| Heart rate (beats/min) | 74.6 ± 15.2 | 75.8 ± 13.8 | 73.3 ± 16.5 | 0.022 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 78.5 ± 14.4 | 80.5 ± 14.4 | 76.4 ± 14.5 | 0.526 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 138.6 ± 25.2 | 138.3 ± 23.3 | 138.9 ± 27.7 | 0.272 |
| 6-min walk test (m) | 367.9 ± 143.9 | 382.8 ± 135.7 | 346.3 ± 83.1 | 0.392 |
| Metabolic status | ||||
| Fasting insulin (pmol/liter)b | 82.8 | 84.4 | 81.4 | 0.636 |
| HbA1c (%)a | 6.2 ± 1.3 | 6.28 ± 1.4 | 6.17 ± 1.1 | 0.116 |
| Cholesterol (mm)a | 5.2 ± 1.3 | 5.1 ± 1.1 | 5.2 ± 1.5 | 0.074 |
| Creatinine (μm)a | 100 ± 32.1 | 95.2 ± 28.0 | 105.3 ± 36.0 | 0.333 |
| Fasting blood glucose (mm)a | 5.7 ± 2.3 | 5.8 ± 2.5 | 5.6 ± 2.1 | 0.238 |
a Values are expressed as mean ± S.D.
b Values are expressed as the median.