Table 1:

Clinical characteristics of the study population^a

Characteristic	Patients		PValue
	With LA (n = 76)	Without LA (n= 22)
Age (yr)	75.5 ± 5.9	72.2 ± 6.4	.0027b
Symptoms	45 (59)	9 (41)	.1286
Sex (male)	53 (70)	12 (55)	.1843
Coronary artery disease	40 (53)	8 (36)	.1789
Tobacco use	36 (47)	9 (41)	.5924
Hypertension	61 (80)	15 (77)	.7592
Diabetes	27 (36)	2 (9)	.0167b
Dyslipidemia	50 (65)	10 (45)	.0847

^aValues in parentheses are percentages.

^bP < .05.