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. 2016 Nov 3;355:i5483. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i5483

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics according to randomisation for duration of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after implantation of drug eluting stent in randomised controlled trials according to diabetes status. Figures are percentages (numbers) of patients unless specified otherwise

Characteristic Diabetes (n=3681) No diabetes (n=7708)
Long DAPT (n=1853) Short DAPT (n=1828) P value Long DAPT (n=3848) Short DAPT (n=3860) P value
Mean (SD) age (years) 63.7 (10.0) 63.6 (9.9) 0.60 62.8 (11.1) 62.8 (10.8) 0.73
Men 64.0 (1186/1853) 65.8 (1202/1828) 0.27 72.0 (2770/3848) 72.2 (2787/3860) 0.83
Hypertension 87.4 (1618/1852) 87.0 (1591/1828) 0.76 75.1 (2889/3846) 74.5 (2873/3856) 0.54
Hypercholesterolaemia 72.3 (1326/1834) 71.9 (1302/1810) 0.81 60.7 (2308/3803) 60.1 (2296/3821) 0.59
Smoking 17.6 (274/1558) 19.5 (301/1543) 0.17 23.6 (799/3381) 24.0 (816/3403) 0.74
Previous myocardial infarction 22.6 (371/1638) 25.2 (416/1652) 0.09 21.2 (742/3505) 20.2 (706/3501) 0.30
Previous PCI 19.5 (321/1646) 21.4 (354/1658) 0.19 15.7 (550/3511) 16.6 (585/3516) 0.27
Previous CABG 7.7 (126/1645) 7.3 (121/1657) 0.70 5.6 (196/3507) 5.4 (190/3518) 0.73
Previous stroke 4.4 (54/1230) 6.2 (78/1257) 0.05 3.3 (81/2457) 3.1 (78/2482) 0.76
Creatinine >106.08 μmol/L 10.9 (79/725) 8.2 (59/720) 0.08 7.4 (133/1804) 6.9 (125/1812) 0.58
Clinical presentation:
     Stable angina pectoris 62.5 (1159/1853) 59.8 (1094/1828) 0.09 56.6 (2178/3847) 57.7 (2227/3860) 0.34
     Acute coronary syndrome 37.5 (694/1853) 40.2 (734/1828) 43.4 (1669/3847) 42.3 (1633/3860)
STEMI 3.3 (61/1853) 3.0 (55/1828) 6.4 (247/3847) 6.9 (265/3860)
NSTEMI 7.4 (137/1853) 7.2 (131/1828) 9.0 (348/3847) 8.5 (328/3860)
Unstable angina 26.8 (496/1853) 30.0 (548/1828) 27.9 (1074/3847) 26.9 (1040/3860)
Discharge drugs:
     Aspirin 99.9 (1292/1293) 99.9 (1277/1278) 0.99 99.5 (2693/2706) 99.8 (2694/2699) 0.06
     Clopidogrel 99.8 (1290/1293) 99.6 (1273/1278) 0.47 99.7 (2699/2706) 99.6 (2688/2699) 0.49
     β blockers 71.5 (765/1070) 70.8 (759/1072) 0.72 70.0 (1555/2222) 68.4 (1527/2232) 0.26
     ACEI/ARB 60.3 (645/1070) 62.6 (671/1072) 0.27 56.9 (1265/2222) 57.1 (1275/2232) 0.90
     Statins 86.5 (926/1070) 87.7 (940/1072) 0.43 86.8 (1928/2222) 88.1 (1966/2232) 0.19
Mean (SD) diseased vessels/patient 1.53 (0.9) 1.54 (0.9) 0.79 1.48 (0.8) 1.49 (0.8) 0.81
Mean (SD) No of treated vessels/patient 1.22 (0.5) 1.25 (0.5) 0.15 1.21 (0.4) 1.20 (0.4) 0.41
Mean (SD) No of stents/patient 1.58 (0.9) 1.60 (0.9) 0.64 1.51 (0.8) 1.48 (0.8) 0.31
Mean (SD) No of lesions stented/patient 1.33 (0.6) 1.34 (0.6) 0.83 1.26 (0.5) 1.26 (0.5) 0.53
Mean (SD) total stent length/patient (mm) 39.0 (26.1) 39.3 (26.7) 0.85 34.6 (22.9) 33.9 (23.1) 0.35
Mean (SD) smallest stent implanted (mm) 3.0 (0.5) 3.0 (0.4) 0.35 3.1 (0.8) 3.1 (0.5) 0.78
Type of drug eluting stent:
     PES 4.1 (75/1844) 4.2 (76/1820) <0.001 4.8 (182/3831) 4.8 (183/3840) <0.001
     SES 4.3 (80/1844) 3.7 (68/1820) 11.1 (425/3831) 2.5 (96/3840)
     EES 39.4 (727/1844) 34.7 (631/1820) 35.4 (1357/3831) 30.9 (1185/3840)
     ZES 47.5 (875/1844) 52.9 (962/1820) 44.1 (1689/3831) 57.0 (2190/3840)
     BES 4.0 (74/1844) 3.8 (70/1820) 4.0 (154/3831) 4.2 (160/3840)
     Mixed 0.5 (9/1844) 0.4 (8/1820) 0.5 (19/3831) 0.3 (13/3840)
     Other 0.2 (4/1844) 0.3 (5/1820) 0.1 (5/3831) 0.3 (13/3840)
Stented coronary artery:
     Left main 2.3 (23/998) 2.7 (27/1002) 0.58 2.3 (54/2369) 2.2 (52/2372) 0.84
     LAD 62.5 (726/1161) 65.5 (763/1165) 0.14 62.8 (1657/2639) 62.3 (1656/2659) 0.70
     LCx 35.1 (381/1087) 33.0 (358/1085) 0.31 31.2 (778/2497) 30.7 (758/2472) 0.71
     RCA 39.7 (428/1078) 39.8 (434/1091) 0.97 34.5 (862/2497) 30.6 (868/2508) 0.95
Bifurcation 18.4 (115/624) 18.8 (115/612) 0.87 16.0 (225/1410) 14.3 (203/1424) 0.21
Chronic total occlusion 2.0 (22/1084) 2.7 (29/1083) 0.32 2.3 (51/2240) 2.4 (55/2247) 0.71

BES=biolimus eluting stent; CABG=coronary artery bypass graft; EES=everolimus eluting stent; GFR=glomerular filtration rate; LAD=left anterior descending artery; NSTEMI=non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; PCI=percutaneous coronary intervention; PES=paclitaxel eluting stent; SES=sirolimus eluting stent; STEMI= ST elevation myocardial infarction; SVG=saphenous vein graft; ZES=zotarolimus eluting stent.