Table 1. Characteristics of the 88 Included Patients Who Completed the Analysis.
| Feature | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 63.9 | ±9.9 years | |
| Sex | Female | 17 | (19%) |
| Male | 71 | (81%) | |
| Abdominal circumference | 101.3 | ±10.2 cm | |
| Height | 172.2 | ±7.8 cm | |
| Weight | 82.1 | ±12.2 kg | |
| BMI | 27.7 | ±3.9 | |
| Systolic blood pressure | 128.7 | ±16.0 mmHg | |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 79.7 | ±8.3 mmHg | |
| Cardiac insufficiency *1 | I | 9 | (10%) |
| II | 58 | (66%) | |
| III | 19 | (22%) | |
| IIII | 2 | (2%) | |
| Myocardial infarction *2 | 40 | (45%) | |
| Number of stents per patient | 2.5 | ±1.8 | |
| Cardiac pacemaker | 1 | (1%) | |
| ICD | 3 | (3%) | |
| Hypertension | 73 | (83%) | |
| Hyperlipidemia | 74 | (84%) | |
| Smoking | 17 | (19%) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 23 | (26%) | |
| Interval between enrolment and CT *3 | 0,1,1,1,42 | days | |
| Interval between CT and CCA *3 | 0,0,0,0,12 | days | |
Values are given as arithmetic mean ± standard deviation (SD) or number of patients (%)
*1 New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification
*2 Myocardial infarction dated back more than 48 hours
*3 Minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, maximum
The study patients had a mean age of approx. 64 years with a ratio of women (n = 17) to men (n = 71) of approximately 1:4. Patients were preobese, with a mean BMI of 27.7, and 7 patients (8%) had no symptoms of angina pectoris.