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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2020 Oct 8;40(12):3015–3021. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.314260

Table 1:

Pertinent Baseline Characteristics of the Women (N =263)

Age, years (mean±SD) 54±11

Body mass index, kg/m2 (mean±SD) 29±7

History of:
 - Diabetes, n (%) 27 (10%)
 - Hypertension, n (%) 115 (44%)
 - Dyslipidemia, n (%) 63 (24%)
 - Smoking, n (%) 91 (35%)
 - Family history of CAD, n (%) 108 (41%)
 - Pregnancy, n (%) 206 (78%)
Current use of hormonal replacement therapy, n (%) 39 (15%)

 - u-hscTnI (ng/L), median (IQR) 0.81 (0.44-1.52)

Medications
 - Beta blockers, n (%) 63 (24%)
 - ACEI/ARB, n (%) 59 (22%)
 - CCB, n (%) 41 (16%)
 - Statins, n (%) 85 (32%)

Coronary vascular function measures
 - Coronary flow reserve, median (IQR) 2.7 (2.3-3.0)
  - Limited coronary flow reserve, N (%) 74 (30%)
 - CBF in response to IC-ACH (%), median (IQR) 38.6 (6.5-100.4)
  - Limited CBF, N (%) 107 (55%)
 - Coronary diameter dilation in response to IC-ACH (%), median (IQR) 1.02 (−7.1-9.2)
  - Limited coronary epicardial constriction in response to IC-ACH, N (%) 105 (46%)
 - Coronary diameter dilation in response to IC-NTG (%), median (IQR) 15 (6.0-24.1)
  - Limited coronary epicardial dilation in response to IC-NTG, N (%) 144 (64)

SD: standard deviation, u-hscTnI: ultra-high sensitivity troponin, IQR: interquartile range, ACEI: angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB: angiotensin-receptor blocker, CBF: coronary blood flow, IC-ACH: intra-coronary acetylcholine, IC-NTG: intra-coronary nitroglycerin. Normal coronary flow reserve ≥2.32, Normal coronary blood flow (CBF) ≥50%, normal coronary epicardial diameter change in response to IC-ACH ≥0% and normal coronary epicardial diameter change in response to IC-NTG ≥20%.