Table 1.

Baseline clinical characteristics of the patients

Characteristics	Patients (n = 500)
Female	148 (29)
Age (years)	65 ± 9.4
BMI (kg/m2)	29.9 ± 12.9
Hypertension	359 (71.8)
Hypercholesterolaemia	348 (69.6)
Diabetes	116 (23.2)
Smoker	96 (19.2)
Prior smoker	131 (26.2)
Prior myocardial infarction	85 (17.0)
Prior PCI	101 (20.2)
Prior CABG	28 (5.6)
Prior ipsilateral transradial CAG	119 (23.8)

Parameters are described by absolute (relative, %) frequencies or median (5–95 percentile range).

BMI, body mass index; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CAG, selective coronary angiography; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.