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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Heart. 2013 Feb 12;99(16):1198–1203. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303443

Table 3.

Invasive measures of coronary physiology according to median neuropeptide Y (NPY) levels immediately post-primary percutaneous intervention (PPCI)

NPY post-PPCI
<12.4 pg/ml
(n=32)
NPY post-PPCI
>12.4 pg/ml
(n=32)
p Value
Resting gradient 0.96 (0.94–1.0) 0.95 (0.93–0.99) 0.63
Fractional flow reserve 0.94 (0.90–0.98) 0.94 (0.87–0.98) 0.50
Baseline transit time 0.81 (0.58–1.13) 0.63 (0.44–1.31) 0.22
Hyperaemic transit time 0.39 (0.25–0.71) 0.50 (0.34–0.96) 0.28
Baseline distal pressure 90 (78–103) 86 (76–99) 0.67
Hyperaemic distal pressure 79 (65–88) 77 (69–87) 0.88
Coronary flow reserve 1.79 (1.45–2.34) 1.23 (1.02–1.55) 0.01
Index of microcirculatory resistance 30.6 (21.4–56.9) 38.1 (22.9–64.7) 0.48

Median values and IQR in brackets.