Table 2. General characteristics of patients.
| Parameters | Study Group (n = 50) |
Control Group (n = 24) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 82.6 (±6.9) | 84.3 (±4.8) | 0.21 |
| Sex | 0.85 | ||
| Male | 22 (44%) | 10 (42%) | |
| Female | 28 (56%) | 14 (58%) | |
| BMI | 0.89 | ||
| Mean | 26.2 (±5.5) | 26.1 (±5.2) | |
| Range | 17.6–40.8 | 16.7–34.8 | |
|
Diabetes (type I and II) |
11 (22%) | 6 (25%) | 0.78 |
| Hypertension | 32 (64%) | 17 (71%) | 0.56 |
| Extracardiac arteriopathy | 14 (28%) | 8 (33%) | 0.65 |
|
Severely impaired renal function (eGFR<50ml/min) |
28 (54%) | 11 (45%) | 0.42 |
| Heartrate during CT acquisition | 0.63 | ||
| Mean | 81.2 (±18.4) | 79.3 (±21.1) | |
| Range | 51–130 | 55–121 |