Table 5.

Characteristics of patients with limited apical ischaemia vs those with inducible ischaemia in other segments (other positive).

	Apical ischaemia (N = 145)	Other positive (N = 222)	P value
Age	62.7 ± 10.3	63.6 ± 11.7	0.339
Gender (male)	63 (43.4%)	144 (64.9%)	<0.001
Diabetes	41 (28.3%)	68 (30.6%)	0.629
Smoking	19 (13.1%)	29 (13.1%)	0.991
Hyperlipidaemia	90 (62.1%)	139 (62.6%)	0.916
Hypertension	95 (65.5%)	164 (73.9%)	0.086
CAD	36 (24.8%)	134 (60.4%)	<0.001
Positive FH	29 (20.0%)	51 (23.0%)	0.500
Coronary angiogram	58 (40.8%)	153 (72.9%)	<0.001
Revascularisation	12 (8.3%)	64 (28.8%)	<0.001
Baseline EF			<0.001
Normal	138 (95.2%)	145 (65.3%)
Mildly impaired	6 (4.1%)	48 (21.6%)
Moderately/severely impaired	1 (0.7%)	29 (13.1%)
Cardiac deaths	1 (0.7%)	5 (2.3%)	0.409
MACCE	5 (3.5%)	14 (6.5%)	0.214
All-cause mortality	2 (1.4%)	15 (6.8%)	0.017

CAD, coronary artery disease; EF, ejection fraction; FH, family history for early coronary artery disease; MACCE, major adverse cerebral and cardiovascular events. Bold values indicate statistical significance, P < 0.05.