Table 1.

Baseline characteristics.

	All patients (N = 880)
Age	61.0 ± 12.3
Gender (male)	440 (50.0%)
Diabetes	225 (25.6%)
Smoking	109 (12.4%)
Hyperlipidaemia	524 (59.5%)
Hypertension	561 (63.8%)
Baseline EF
Normal	750 (85.2%)
Mildly impaired	83 (9.4%)
Moderately/severely impaired	47 (5.3%)
Known CAD	286 (32.5%)
Positive FH	199 (22.6%)
US contrast agent	524 (59.5%)
Exercise stress echo	210 (23.9%)
Revascularisation	80 (9.1%)
Cardiac death	7 (0.8%)
MACCE	24 (2.8%)
All-cause mortality	30 (3.4%)

CAD, coronary artery disease; EF, ejection fraction; FH, family history for early coronary artery disease; MACCE, major adverse cerebral and cardiovascular events; US, ultrasound.