Table 2.
Characteristics of study sample, by Post-Occlusive and Thermal Hyperemic categories
| Post-Occlusive Reactive Hyperemia(N = 65) | Thermal Hyperemia (N = 52) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | p-value | High (>892 %) | Low (<892 %) | p-value | |
| Age | 68.6 | 70.6 (7.6) | 0.3 | 68.5 (7.3) | 69.8 (1.5) | 0.5 |
| African American | 15 (48.4 %) | 17 (56.7 %) | 0.5 | 17 (65.4 %) | 12 (46.2 %) | 0.2 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 145.5 (15.0) | 136.0 (18.3) | 0.03 | 141.3 (16.0) | 137.2 (18.8) | 0.4 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 76.5 (10.0) | 72.1 (8.1) | 0.06 | 75.4 (10.2) | 73.2 (8.1) | 0.4 |
| BMI | 30.7 (6.6) | 30.4 (5.5) | 0.9 | 30.2 (6.3) | 32.6 (4.8) | 0.14 |
| Diabetes | 13 (41.9 %) | 18 (60 %) | 0.2 | 16 (61.5 %) | 10 (38.5 %) | 0.10 |
| Coronary Artery Diseasea | 5 (16.1 %) | 5 (16.7 %) | 1.0 | 4 (15.4 %) | 4 (15.4 %) | 1.0 |
| Smoking | 0.6 | |||||
| Current | 19 (61.3 %) | 19 (63.3 %) | 0.6 | 1 (3.9 %) | 0 (0 %) | |
| Former | 0 (0 %) | 1 (3.3 %) | 15 (57.7 %) | 17 (65.4 %) | ||
| 10 (38.5 %) | 9 (34.6 %) | |||||
| Never | 12 (38.7 %) | 9(30 %) | ||||
| ACEI or ARB | 19 (63.3 %) | 26 (83.9 %) | 0.07 | 18 (69 %) | 18 (69 %) | 1.0 |
| Nitrates | 1 (3.3 %) | 1 (3.3 %) | 0.8 | 1 (3.9 %) | 0 | 0.5 |
| eGFR (cc/min/1.73 m2) | 69.2 (4.9) | 56.0 (4.1) | 0.04 | 61.9 (24.0) | 68.7 (29.8) | 0.4 |
| Alb/Cr ratio | 5 [2.3, 26] | 18.2 | 0.006 | 4.4 | 21.5 | 0.009 |
| [7.2, 334] | [2.8, 11.8] | [4.4, 207] | ||||
Cell values represent mean (SD), median [inter-quartile range], and N (%)
aPatients with unstable coronary disease or with recent coronary intervention were excluded