Table 2.
Characteristic | Total patients | Patients treated with balloon-mounted stenting | Patients treated with balloon predilation plus self-expanding stenting | P Value | |||
n | Means (SD)/n (%) | n | Means (SD)/n (%) | n | Means (SD)/n (%) | ||
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg | |||||||
Baseline | 300 | 137.1 (16.76) | 159 | 135.7 (15.05) | 141 | 138.6 (18.33) | 0.136 |
30 days | 291 | 132.2 (11.99) | 154 | 132.3 (13.40) | 137 | 132.2 (10.21) | 0.949 |
6 months | 263 | 132.8 (10.52) | 145 | 132.2 (10.58) | 118 | 133.6 (10.42) | 0.271 |
9 months | 255 | 132.7 (10.17) | 141 | 131.8 (9.95) | 114 | 133.8 (10.38) | 0.114 |
1 year | 234 | 134.1 (13.42) | 129 | 134.2 (12.77) | 105 | 133.9 (14.24) | 0.847 |
Low-density lipoprotein, mg/dL | |||||||
Baseline | 300 | 89.6 (36.61) | 159 | 86.3 (37.28) | 141 | 92.5 (35.27) | 0.141 |
30 days | 186 | 77.1 (26.35) | 106 | 77.0 (25.62) | 80 | 77.2 (27.45) | 0.965 |
1 year | 89 | 80.4 (37.27) | 46 | 78.4 (39.38) | 43 | 82.6 (35.20) | 0.602 |
BMI | |||||||
Baseline | 300 | 25.6 (3.02) | 159 | 25.7 (3.14) | 141 | 25.5 (2.88) | 0.669 |
1 year | 251 | 25.7 (3.07) | 139 | 25.8 (3.02) | 122 | 25.5 (3.15) | 0.483 |
Re-stenosis features | 76 | 40 | 36 | ||||
Degree of re-stenosis, % | 30.4 (34.16) | 35.7 (36.26) | 24.5 (31.13) | 0.157 | |||
Restenosis ≥50% | 21 (27.6%) | 11 (27.5%) | 10 (27.7%) | 1.000 | |||
Restenosis ≥70% | 14 (18.4%) | 10 (25.0%) | 4 (11.1%) | 0.146 |
BMI, body mass index.