Table 1. Prevalence of "normal" and nonobstructive coronary arteries in women compared with men.
| No./total (%) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | ||
| Acute coronary syndrome | |||
| GUSTO74) | 343/1768 (19.4) | 394/4638 (8.4) | <0.001 |
| TIMI 1875) | 95/555 (17.0) | 99/1091 (9.0) | <0.001 |
| Unstable angina74) | 252/826 (30.5) | 220/1580 (13.9) | <0.001 |
| TIMI IIIa76) | 30/113 (26.5) | 27/278 (8.3) | <0.001 |
| MI without ST-segment elevation74) | 41/450 (9.1) | 55/1299 (4.2) | 0.001 |
| MI with ST-segment elevation74) | 50/492 (10.2) | 119/1759 (6.8) | 0.020 |
GUSTO: global utilization of streptokinase and t-PA for occluded coronary arteries, TIMI: thrombosis in myocardial infarction, MI: myocardial infarction. Reprinted from Bugiardini et al.11) with permission. Copyright © 2005, American Medical Association