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. 2021 Sep 24;11:19026. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-97849-5

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients with and without impaired g-CFR (g-CSF < 2.0).

Total
N = 131
With impaired g-CFR
N = 43
Without impaired g-CFR
N = 88
P value
Demographics
Age, year 67 ± 10 68 ± 11 67 ± 9 0.83
Male, n (%) 87 (66.4) 33 (76.7) 54 (61.4) 0.08
Body surface area, m2 1.70 [1.56, 1.83] 1.73 [1.60, 1.84] 1.68 [1.55, 1.83] 0.46
Medical history, n (%)
Hypertension, n (%) 97 (74.0) 31 (72.1) 66 (75.0) 0.72
Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 84 (64.1) 26 (60.5) 58 (65.9) 0.54
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 55 (42.0) 16 (37.2) 39 (44.3) 0.44
Current smoker, n (%) 35 (26.7) 10 (23.3) 25 (28.4) 0.53
Family history, n (%) 20 (15.3) 6 (14.0) 14 (15.9) 0.77
Prescription at admission, n (%)
Statin, n (%) 114 (87.0) 36 (83.7) 78 (88.6) 0.43
ACE-I or ARB, n (%) 75 (57.3) 26 (60.5) 49 (55.7) 0.60
β-blocker, n (%) 49 (37.4) 20 (46.5) 29 (33.0) 0.13
Calcium antagonist, n (%) 62 (47.3) 18 (41.9) 44 (50.0) 0.38
Coronary angiography
Target lesion location; RCA/LAD/LCx, n (%) 20 (15.3)/103(78.6)/8(6.1) 8(18.6)/33(76.7)/2(4.7) 12 (13.6)/70(79.5)/6(6.8) 0.70
MLD, mm 0.85 [0.67, 1.26] 0.82 [0.69, 1.30] 0.85 [0.66, 1.19] 0.55
RD, mm 2.82 [2.43, 3.17] 2.82 [2.34, 3.34] 2.83 [2.49, 3.11] 0.67
DS, % 66.9 [56.8, 76.1] 66.8 [57.0, 75.7] 68.1 [56.8, 76.4] 0.67
Lesion length, mm 13.0 [10.1, 18.0] 13.0 [10.1, 16.9] 13.3 [10.1, 18.5] 0.99
Physiological data
FFR 0.75 [0.61, 0.79] 0.73 [0.63, 0.79] 0.77 [0.58, 0.80] 0.52
FFR ≤ 0.75, n (%) 67 (51.1) 24 (55.8) 43 (48.9) 0.46
Laboratory data
T-chol, mg/dl 181 [154, 208] 181 [144, 213] 180 [156, 205] 0.98
LDL-chol, mg/dl 97 [78, 125] 95 [76, 130] 98 [79, 123] 0.85
HDL-chol, mg/dl 50 [44, 60] 48 [42, 54] 52 [44, 62] 0.10
TG, mg/dl 125 [91, 182] 135 [79, 176] 125 [93, 197] 0.70
Creatinine, mg/dl 0.82 [0.70, 0.93] 0.83 [0.75, 0.95] 0.80 [0.66, 0.90] 0.035
eGFR, ml/min 1.73/m2 69.5 [60.1, 77.6] 70.1 [57.6, 76.5] 69.2 [61.4, 80.0] 0.43
HbA1c, % 6.0 [5.6, 6.9] 6.0 [5.5, 7.0] 6.1 [5.7, 6.9] 0.54
NT-proBNP, ng/l 92.0 [38.5, 208.3] 116.0 [49.8, 289.3] 74.5 [37.0, 198.5] 0.11
cTnI at presentation, ng/l 4.0 [2.0, 9.8] 3.0 [2.0, 9.0] 4.0 [2.0, 10.0] 0.90
hs-CRP, mg/dl 0.070 [0.030, 0.155] 0.080 [0.030, 0.130] 0.065 [0.030, 0.160] 0.59
CT data
Whole LV mass volume, cm3 136.5 [115.6, 160.3] 141.4 [123.1, 171.2] 133.0 [108.2, 157.5] 0.011
Whole LV mass volume, g 144.0 [121.9, 169.1] 149.2 [129.8, 180.6] 140.3 [114.1, 166.2] 0.011
LV mass index by CT, g/m2 83.4 [73.4, 93.3] 85.9 [77.3, 97.3] 82.4 [70.8, 91.7] 0.015
Area at risk mass volume, % 32.7 [24.0, 39.0] 30.7 [22.4, 38.5] 33.0 [25.0, 39.0] 0.60
Area at risk mass volume, cm3 43.5 [31.1, 54.4] 45.7 [31.4, 55.6] 42.1 [30.1, 53.5] 0.21
Area at risk mass volume, g 45.9 [32.8, 57.4] 48.2 [33.2, 58.6] 44.4 [31.8, 56.4] 0.21
Agatston score (target vessel) 135.0 [25.1–385.7] 214.6 [59.2–382.0] 104.8 [18.3–390.2] 0.20
Agatston score (total) 314.0 [66.7–790.2] 487.5 [118.5–914.3] 180.2 [45.4–775.1] 0.065
Mean PCATA  − 71.3 [− 75.9, − 67.9]  − 68.2 [− 72.0, − 65.4]  − 72.8 [− 77.5, − 69.4]  < 0.001
Highest PCATA in major 3 vessels  − 67.4 [− 71.4, − 62.4]  − 63.4 [− 66.4, − 60.9]  − 69.2 [− 72.0, − 64.9]  < 0.001
Target vessel PCATA  − 73.4 [− 77.9, − 67.9]  − 69.5 [− 75.4, − 65.2]  − 74.1 [− 78.5, − 69.5] 0.003
RCA PCATA  − 73.2 [− 78.8, − 69.0]  − 70.8 [− 74.5, − 66.6]  − 73.6 [− 80.1, − 70.4] 0.019
LAD PCATA  − 73.8 [− 78.2, − 68.2]  − 70.2 [− 75.4, − 65.2]  − 75.0 [− 79.3, − 69.3] 0.001
LCx PCATA  − 69.1 [− 72.7, − 63.8]  − 64.2 [− 69.6, − 61.1]  − 70.7 [− 74.3, − 65.2]  < 0.001
CMR indices
EDV, ml 105.6 [92.4, 121.9] 117.2 [100.1, 130.3] 102.8 [91.8, 118.7] 0.018
ESV, ml 33.9 [29.2, 43.8] 36.0 [30.8, 47.7] 33.0 [27.7, 43.4] 0.10
EF, % 65.8 [60.2, 71.0] 65.0 [60.1, 71.0] 66.3 [61.6, 70.9] 0.57
CSF at rest, ml/min 119.8 [88.9, 162.8] 149.2 [113.0, 181.1] 107.9 [81.9, 150.7] 0.001
CSF at rest, ml/min/g 0.97 [0.67, 1.23] 1.01 [0.80, 1.27] 0.93 [0.65, 1.20] 0.12
Corrected CSF at rest, ml/min 128.3 [95.0, 168.2] 161.0 [128.8, 203.1] 110.5 [89.2, 145.2]  < 0.001
Corrected CSF at rest, ml/min/g 0.99 [0.79, 1.26] 1.08 [0.92, 1.65] 0.91 [0.73, 1.19] 0.004
CSF at hyperemia, ml/min 316.0 [238.8, 388.8] 247.9 [183.5, 315.7] 349.7 [279.7, 423.8]  < 0.001
CSF at hyperemia, ml/min/g 2.44 [1.84, 3.16] 1.87 [1.26, 2.29] 2.70 [2.23, 3.63]  < 0.001
g-CFR 2.59 [1.92, 3.37] 1.78 [1.36, 1.99] 3.13 [2.55, 3.74]  < 0.001
Corrected g-CFR 2.39 [1.88, 3.22] 1.62 [1.20, 1.87] 2.89 [2.37, 3.53]  < 0.001

ACE-I angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB angiotensin receptor blocker, cTnI cardiac troponin I, CT computed tomography, CSF coronary sinus flow, EDV end diastolic volume, EF, ejection fraction, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, ESV end systolic volume, g-CFR global coronary flow reserve, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, HDL-chol high density lipoprotein cholesterol, hs-CRP high sense c-reactive protein, HU Hounsfield units, LAD left anterior descending coronary artery, LCx left circumflex coronary artery, LDL-chol low density lipoprotein cholesterol, LVM left ventricular mass, LVMI left ventricular mass index, NT-proBNP N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide, PCATA pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation, RCA right coronary artery, TG triglyceride, TIMI thrombolysis in myocardial infarction.