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. 2021 Oct 21;8:742855. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.742855

Table 4.

Baseline characteristics of study population according to quartiles of CVAI.

Q1 (n = 252) Q2 (n = 252) Q3 (n = 252) Q4 (n = 252) P-value
Poor CCs 83 (32.9) 131 (52.0) 160 (63.5) 218 (86.5) <0.001
Rentrop
0 45 (17.9) 50 (19.8) 66 (26.2) 106 (42.1) <0.001
1 79 (31.3) 87 (34.5) 75 (29.8) 84 (33.3)
2 96 (38.1) 95 (37.7) 99 (39.3) 55 (21.8)
3 32 (12.7) 20 (7.9) 12 (4.8) 7 (2.8)
Age (years) 58.60 ± 9.38 61.00 ± 9.54 62.21 ± 10.55 61.73 ± 9.95 <0.001
Men 208 (82.5) 174 (69.0) 170 (67.5) 183 (72.6) 0.001
Ethnicity (%)
Hans 148 (58.7) 141 (56.0) 150 (59.5) 140 (55.6) 0.553
Uyghurs 79 (31.3) 88 (34.9) 78 (31.0) 83 (32.8)
Kazakhs 22 (8.7) 19 (7.5) 18 (7.1) 18 (7.1)
Other ethnicities 3 (1.3) 4 (1.5) 6 (2.4) 11 (4.5)
BMI (kg/m2) 25.34 ± 3.59 25.86 ± 2.55 27.89 ± 3.25 32.28 ± 5.05 <0.001
Waist-to-hip ratio 0.92 ± 0.06 0.93 ± 0.06 0.97 ± 0.07 1.01 ± 0.07 <0.001
Waist-to-height ratio 0.51 ± 0.06 0.54 ± 0.04 0.60 ± 0.06 0.66 ± 0.07 <0.001
MACCE 79 (31.3) 47 (18.7) 66 (26.2) 107 (42.5) 0.001
Death 8 (3.2) 3 (1.2) 1 (0.4) 12 (4.8) 0.005
Hypertension 143 (65.3) 161 (73.2) 146 (67) 148 (64.7) 0.313
T2DM 102 (40.5) 100 (39.7) 92 (36.5) 130 (51.6) 0.004
Current smoker 89 (35.3) 97 (38.5) 87 (34.5) 85 (33.7) 0.697
RHR (bpm) 77.06 ± 11.55 75.37 ± 10.86 77.20 ± 10.88 80.18 ± 11.10 0.002
HBP (mmHg) 128.02 ± 17.97 131.62 ± 18.99 129.82 ± 21.15 127.27 ± 17.74 0.102
SBP (mmHg) 76.44 ± 14.60 75.67 ± 12.13 74.65 ± 12.51 76.85 ± 12.11 0.955
FBG (mmol/L) 6.17 ± 2.40 6.73 ± 2.89 7.01 ± 5.30 6.41 ± 2.31 0.004
HbA1c (%) 6.80 ± 1.54 6.72 ± 1.48 6.90 ± 1.57 6.93 ± 1.47 <0.001
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) 97.34 ± 16.80 96.81 ± 16.04 93.34 ± 16.25 95.66 ± 13.82 0.201
Total cholesterol (mmol/l) 3.59 ± 0.91 3.74 ± 1.00 3.86 ± 1.12 3.72 ± 1.09 0.728
Triglycerides (mmol/L) 2.03 ± 1.16 2.27 ± 1.16 2.26 ± 1.23 2.85 ± 1.52 <0.001
LDL cholesterol (mmol/l) 2.29 ± 0.85 2.32 ± 0.87 2.40 ± 0.91 2.26 ± 0.93 0.786
HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) 1.04 ± 0.30 0.99 ± 0.25 1.02 ± 0.27 0.98 ± 0.29 0.134
Echocardiography
LA (mm) 36.32 ± 4.53 35.84 ± 4.19 37.10 ± 5.14 37.16 ± 5.07 <0.001
LVEDD (mm) 51.22 ± 5.43 49.79 ± 5.35 51.71 ± 6.43 54.62 ± 26.60 <0.001
LVESD (mm) 34.85 ± 5.94 33.78 ± 4.93 35.67 ± 6.89 36.73 ± 7.47 0.001
LVEF (%) 59.79 ± 7.20 60.62 ± 6.14 58.48 ± 7.99 58.11 ± 8.17 <0.001

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or number.

CTO, chronic total occlusion; CCs, coronary collateralizations; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPB, fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; LA, left atrium; RA, Right atrium; LVEDD, left ventricular end diastolic diameter; LVESD, left ventricular end systolic diameter; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; ACEI, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; RHR, Resting heart rate; eGFR, estimated Glomerular filtration rate.