Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of the Patients.

Variable	RIPC	Control
No. of patients	14	14
Sex (male/female)	8/6	10/4
Age, y	57.7 ± 10.2	57.2 ± 7.04
BMI, kg/m 2	27.5 ± 2.04	27.7 ± 1.94
LV EF, %	51.2 ± 3.11	51.4 ± 3.81

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; LV EF, left ventricular ejection fraction; RIPC, remote ischemic preconditioning.