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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 28.
Published in final edited form as: Heart. 2011 Aug 23;97(21):1782–1787. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300231

Table 1.

Demographic data and prior history of study participants

BMI <25 kg/m2 BMI 25–30 kg/m2 BMI ≥30 kg/m2 p Value
Age (years) 67 (57–74) 65 (56–72) 61 (54–69) <0.001
% Women 499 (36.3) 827 (29.5) 932 (40.6) <0.001
Waist circumference (cm) 89 (82–95) 99 (92–105) 110 (104–119) <0.001
Region
 North America 180 (13.1) 392 (14) 518 (22.6) <0.001
 Eastern Europe 487 (35.5) 1093 (39) 901 (39.3) <0.001
 Western Europe 706 (51.4) 1319 (47) 874 (38.1) <0.001
Risk factors
 Hypertension 875 (64.4) 1991 (71.6) 1881 (82.3) <0.001
 Dyslipidaemia 770 (61) 1705 (66.9) 1525 (72.5) <0.001
 Diabetes 318 (23.2) 812 (29) 1059 (46.2) <0.001
 Current smoker 407 (29.7) 719 (25.6) 534 (23.3) 0.01
Prior CVD
 Congestive heart failure 207 (15.1) 453 (16.2) 429 (18.7) 0.31
 Peripheral vascular disease 139 (10.2) 248 (9) 173 (7.6) 0.04
 Cerebrovascular disease 162 (11.8) 294 (10.5) 243 (10.6) 0.79
 Prior stroke 81 (5.9) 137 (4.9) 110 (4.8) 0.63
Index diagnosis
 Unstable angina 598 (43.6) 1283 (45.8) 1154 (50.3) 0.03
 NSTEMI 748 (54.5) 1461 (52.1) 1078 (47) 0.03
 Other 27 (2) 60 (2.1) 61 (2.7) 0.03
Presentation
 ST depression ≥1 mm 534 (38.9) 1018 (36.3) 725 (31.6) <0.001
 Troponin ≥0.04 mcg/l 647 (70.5) 1269 (66.6) 964 (59) <0.001
 BNP >80 pg/ml 466 (50.4) 825 (43) 608 (37) <0.001
 eGFR <60 ml/min 565 (41.3) 578 (20.7) 241 (10.5) <0.001
 Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl) 101 (88–124) 105 (92–128) 114 (97–148) <0.001
 Heart rate (bpm) 70 (61–78) 70 (62–78) 70 (63–80) <0.001
 LVEF (%)* 55 (47–61) 55 (47–60) 55 (47–60) 0.67
Disease extent (≥50%)
 LM or 3VD 286 (35.2) 597 (35.4) 470 (34.6) 0.34
 2VD 190 (23.4) 440 (26.1) 340 (25) 0.34
 1VD 232 (28.6) 473 (28.1) 373 (27.5) 0.34
 None 104 (12.8) 176 (10.4) 175 (12.9) 0.34

Data are reported as median (25th, 75th percentiles) for continuous variables and N (%) for categorical variables.

*

Among 4383 patients with LVEF available.

Among 3856 patients with angiographic data available.

1VD, one vessel disease; 2VD, two vessel disease; 3VD, three vessel disease; BNP, B-type natriuretic peptide; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; LM, left main; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction.