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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 May 11;78(4):348–361. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.05.001

Table 2.

Participant Baseline Characteristics by Listing Status and Treatment Strategy.

Not Listed Listed
CON INV P-value* CON INV P-value*
(n=289) (n=294) (n=100) (n=94)
Age at randomization, years 0.040 0.907
 N 289 294 100 94
 Median (Q1, Q3) 66 (58, 73) 64 (56, 71) 61 (53, 65) 59 (54, 64)
Female 0.748 0.802
 Female 98/289 (34%) 95/294 (32%) 24/100 (24%) 25/94 (27%)
Race 0.433 0.922
 American Indian or Alaskan Native 2/281 (1%) 0/286 (0%) 1/93 (1%) 2/87 (2%)
 Asian 87/281 (31%) 77/286 (27%) 13/93 (14%) 14/87 (16%)
 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2/281 (1%) 1/286 (0%) 2/93 (2%) 1/87 (1%)
 Black or African American 20/281 (7%) 25/286 (9%) 10/93 (11%) 8/87 (9%)
 White 170/281 (60%) 182/286 (64%) 67/93 (72%) 62/87 (71%)
 Multiple Races Reported 0/281 (0%) 1/286 (0%) 0/93 (0%) 0/87 (0%)
Degree of ischemia on stress test 0.540 0.850
 Moderate 165/286 (58%) 175/289 (61%) 69/100 (69%) 67/94 (71%)
 Severe 121/286 (42%) 114/289 (39%) 31/100 (31%) 27/94 (29%)
Hypertension 0.184 0.665
270/287 (94%) 267/294 (91%) 92/100 (92%) 82/92 (89%)
Diabetes 0.989 0.341
163/289 (56%) 167/294 (57%) 55/100 (55%) 59/94 (63%)
Smoke status 0.616 0.951
 Never smoked 139/289 (48%) 141/294 (48%) 46/100 (46%) 45/94 (48%)
 Former smoker 118/289 (41%) 113/294 (38%) 48/100 (48%) 43/94 (46%)
 Current Smoker 32/289 (11%) 40/294 (14%) 6/100 (6%) 6/94 (6%)
Previous myocardial infarction 0.528 0.815
57/289 (20%) 51/294 (17%) 14/100 (14%) 11/93 (12%)
Previous heart failure 0.599 1.000
56/289 (19%) 51/294 (17%) 14/100 (14%) 14/94 (15%)
Previous stroke 0.350 0.476
23/289 (8%) 31/294 (11%) 9/100 (9%) 5/94 (5%)
History of cerebrovascular disease or PAD 0.291 0.599
50/289 (17%) 62/294 (21%) 13/100 (13%) 9/94 (10%)
Previous PCI 0.910 1.000
53/289 (18%) 56/294 (19%) 19/100 (19%) 18/94 (19%)
Previous CABG§ 1.000 1.000
8/289 (3%) 9/294 (3%) 6/100 (6%) 5/94 (5%)
Ejection fraction (%) 0.484 0.184
 N 221 242 79 77
 Median (Q1, Q3) 58 (50, 64) 57 (50, 63) 60 (52, 65) 58 (50, 61)
On dialysis 0.549 0.180
130/289 (45%) 124/294 (42%) 87/100 (87%) 74/94 (79%)
Duration of dialysis (years) 0.333 0.414
 N 114 110 78 67
 Median (Q1, Q3) 2 (1, 5) 3 (1, 6) 2 (1, 3) 2 (1, 5)
Dialysis type 0.676 0.551
 Peritoneal dialysis 13/124 16/123 15/86 16/71
(10%) (13%) (17%) (23%)
eGFRǁ among those not receiving dialysis (ml/min/1.73m2) 0.848 0.567
 N 159 170 13 20
 Median (Q1, Q3) 23 (18, 27) 23 (17, 27) 16 (13, 19) 16 (15, 20)
#SAQ Summary score 0.611 0.961
 N 269 267 97 91
 Median (Q1, Q3) 75 (60, 88) 72 (54, 92) 90 (75, 100) 92 (78, 98)
#SAQ Angina Frequency score 0.424 0.202
 N 269 267 97 91
 Median (Q1, Q3) 90 (80, 100) 90 (70, 100) 100 (90, 100) 100 (100, 100)
#SAQ Physical Limitation score 0.739 0.360
 N 200 216 83 76
 Median (Q1, Q3) 75 (56, 92) 75 (50, 100) 92 (67, 100) 100 (75, 100)
#SAQ Quality of Life score 0.685 0.738
 N 268 267 97 91
 Median (Q1, Q3) 63 (38, 88) 63 (38, 88) 88 (50, 100) 88 (63, 100)
Canadian Cardiovascular Society angina class 0.964 0.240
 None 82/289 (28%) 89/294 (30%) 56/99 (57%) 65/94 (69%)
 I 60/289 (21%) 58/294 (20%) 23/99 (23%) 14/94 (15%)
 II 132/289 (46%) 132/294 (45%) 19/99 (19%) 15/94 (16%)
 III 15/289 (5%) 15/294 (5%) 1/99 (1%) 0/94 (0%)
New York Heart Association class 0.579 0.338
 I 48/168 (29%) 51/169 (30%) 23/43 (53%) 14/35 (40%)
 II 119/168 (71%) 118/169 (70%) 20/43 (47%) 21/35 (60%)
 III 1/168 (1%) 0/169 (0%) 0/43 (0%) 0/35 (0%)
Type of stress testing 0.377 0.755
 Nuclear 185/288 (64%) 173/293 (59%) 60/100 (60%) 61/94 (65%)
 ECHO** 44/288 (15%) 56/293 (19%) 29/100 (29%) 23/94 (24%)
 CMR†† 1/288 (0%) 0/293 (0%) 0/100 (0%) 0/94 (0%)
 ETT‡‡ 58/288 (20%) 64/293 (22%) 11/100 (11%) 10/94 (11%)
*

P-values were obtained using the Wilcoxon Rank Sum test for continuous variables. For categorical variables, Pearson’s chi-squared test was used. Initial Invasive (INV) and Initial Conservative (CON) strategy arms.

PAD: peripheral arterial disease

PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention

§

CABG: coronary artery bypass graft

ǁ

eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate

#

SAQ: Seattle Angina Questionnaire

**

ECHO: echocardiography

††

CMR: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

‡‡

ETT: exercise treadmill test;