Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 28.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2020 Nov 14;143(7):624–640. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.052008

Table.

Demographics, Clinical Characteristics and Imaging Findings in Women With MINOCA Overall and in Relation to OCT and CMR Findings

Variable MINOCA participants with OCT interpretable (N=145) OCT culprit present (N=67) No OCT culprit (N=78) P value CMR abnormal (N=86) CMR normal (N=30) P value
Age, median [IQR], y 59.6
[52.4, 69.4]
66.05
[57.14, 72.61]
55.96
[48.55, 64.36]
<0.001 59.51
[49.83, 71.21]
58.38
[53.38, 67.23]
0.97
Female sex, n (%) 145 (100) 67 (100) 78 (100) NA 86 (100) 30 (100) NA
Race, n (%) 0.185 0.122
 American Indian or Alaska Native 2 (1.4) 2 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.2) 0 (0.0)
 Asian 12 (8.3) 3 (4.5) 9 (11.5) 5 (5.8) 5 (16.7)
 Black or African American 17 (11.7) 10 (14.9) 7 (9.0) 9 (10.5) 4 (13.3)
 Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 1 (0.7) (1.5)  0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.3)
 Other 17 (11.7) 9 (13.4) 8 (10.3) 11 (12.8) 1 (3.3)
 White 96 (66.2) 42 (62.7) 54 (69.2) 60 (69.8) 19 (63.3)
Ethnicity, n (%)
 Hispanic or Latino 35 (24.1) 16 (23.9) 19 (24.4) >0.99 21 (24.4) 5 (16.7) 0.534
Medical history, n (%)
 Hypertension 66 (45.5) 35 (52.2) 31 (39.7) 0.181 39 (45.3) 13 (43.3) >0.99
 Diabetes 23 (15.9) 18 (26.9) 5 (6.4) 0.002 12 (14.0) 6 (20.0) 0.621
 Dyslipidemia 51 (35.2) 33 (49.3) 18 (23.1) 0.002 31 (36.0) 10 (33.3) 0.963
 Smoking status n=144 n=66 n=78 0.115 n=86 n=29 0.013
  Current smoker, n (%) 16 (11.1) 8 (12.1) 8 (10.3) 9 (10.5) 6 (20.7)
  Former smoker, n (%) 31 (21.5) 19 (28.8) 12 (15.4) 13 (15.1) 10 (34.5)
  Never smoker, n (%) 97 (67.4) 39 (59.1) 58 (74.4) 64 (74.4) 13 (44.8)
 Family history of MI, n/N (%) 34/132 (25.8) 18/59 (30.5) 16/73 (21.9) 0.357 16/80 (20.0) 9/27 (33.3) 0.249
 Prior MI, n (%) 13 (9.0) 8 (11.9) 5 (6.4) 0.384 7 (8.1) 3 (10.0) 0.717
 Depression, n/N (%) 34/143 (23.8) 14 (20.9) 20/76 (26.3) 0.573 20 (23.3) 7/28 (25.0) >0.99
 Anxiety, n/N (%) 31/143 (21.7) 15 (22.4) 16/76 (21.1) >0.99 17 (19.8) 8/28 (28.6) 0.475
Symptoms at MI presentation
 Chest pain, n (%) 130 (89.7) 60 (89.6) 70 (89.7) >0.99 77 (89.5) 26 (86.7) 0.736
 Arm pain, n (%) 59 (40.7) 28 (41.8) 31 (39.7) 0.936 38 (44.2) 0.982
 Duration of symptoms on the day of presentation, median [IQR], h (n=137) 3.0
[1.0, 10.0]
(n=61) 5.0
[1.0, 15.0]
(n=76) 2.0
[1.0, 6.0]
0.032 (n=80) 3.5
[1.0, 10.0]
(n=29) 2.0
[1.0, 8.0]
0.287
ST-elevation myocardial infarction presentation, n (%) 5 (3.5) 2/66 (3.2) 3/77 (3.7) >0.99 5/84 (6.0) 0/30 (0.0) 0.323
Electrocardiogram findings (N=143), n (%) n=67 n=76 n=86 n=29
 ST depression 15 (10.5) 8 (11.9) 7 (9.2) 0.796 9 (10.5) 3 (10.3) >0.99
 T-wave inversion 65 (45.5) 30 (44.8) 35 (46.1) >0.99 44 (51.2) 9 (31.0) 0.096
 Left bundle-branch block 2 (1.4) 1 (1.5) 1 (1.3) >0.99 2 (2.3) 0 (0.0) 0.994
 Q waves 27 (18.9) 15 (22.4) 12 (15.8) 0.428 15 (17.4) 4 (13.8) 0.788
 Prolonged QTc interval 40 (28.0) 22 (32.8) 18 (23.7) 0.303 26 (30.2) 9 (31.0) >0.99
 Normal electrocardiogram 50 (35.0) 18 (26.9) 32 (42.1) 0.083 28 (32.6) 11 (37.9) 0.763
Blood pressure (n=139)
 Systolic blood pressure, median [IQR], mm Hg 132.00
[121.00, 152.50]
132.00
[121.25, 150.75]
133.00
[121.00, 154.00]
0.931 134.00
[121.00, 151.00]
127.00
[113.00, 148.00]
0.464
 Diastolic blood pressure, median [IQR], mm Hg 78.00
[68.50, 87.00]
76.00
[69.25, 86.00]
78.00
[67.00, 87.00]
0.846 79.00
[70.00, 87.00]
70.00
[63.00, 78.00]
0.009
Echocardiography (N=111)
 Segmental wall motion abnormality on echocardiogram, n (%) 49/111 (44.1) 25/53 (47.2) 24/58 (41.4) 0.121 35/66 (53.0) 6/20 (30.0) 0.121
 Left ventricular ejection fraction, median [IQR], % (n=110) 59.5
[50.0, 63.0]
(n=53) 60.0
[52.0, 62.0]
(n=57) 59.0
[50.0, 64.0]
0.945 (n=67) 57.0
[45.5, 62.0]
(n=18) 60.0
[55.3, 65.0]
0.107
Laboratory data n=67 n=78
 Peak troponin, median [IQR], ng/mL 0.94
[0.34, 4.38]
0.75
[0.31, 3.54]
1.18
[0.40, 4.55]
0.398 1.79
[0.66, 6.53]
0.52
[0.19, 0.92]
<0.001
 Peak troponin, multiple of local upper limit of normal for the laboratory assay, median [IQR] 17.25
[7.00, 61.00]
17.25
[5.42, 57.92]
17.25
[10.01, 73.19]
0.526 37.95
[11.65, 112.14]
9.47
[4.34, 14.61]
<0.001
Coronary angiography n=67 n=78 n=86 n=30
 Coronary angiogram reported as normal by site, n (%) 77 (53.1) 23 (34.3) 54 (69.2) <0.001 47 (54.7) 12 (40.0) 0.242
 Maximal diameter stenosis by core laboratory, median [IQR] (n=142) 30%
[26, 37]
(n=67) 31%
[26, 36]
(n=75) 29%
[26, 38]
0.724 (n=85) 29%
[25, 38]
(n=28) 33%
[27, 38]
0.348
 Maximal stenosis by visual estimation at core laboratory, n (%)
  0% 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.245 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.430
  1% to 10% 5 (3.4) 1 (1.5) 4 (5.1) 5 (5.8) 0 (0)
  11% to 30% 90 (62.1) 39 (58.2) 51 (65.4) 51 (59.3) 17 (56.7)
  31% to 49% 50 (34.5) 27 (40.3) 23 (29.5) 30 (34.9) 13 (43.3)
Study imaging (N=145)
 Days from MI to OCT, median [IQR] 2 [1, 3] 2.00 [1.00, 3.00] 1.00 [1.00, 3.00] 0.03 (n=86) 1.00
[1.00, 2.75]
(n=30) 2.00
[1.00, 2.75]
0.274
 OCT number of vessels imaged, n (%) 0.017 0.845
  1 12 (8.3) 3 (4.5) 9 (11.5) 6 (7.0) 3 (10.0)
  2 47 (32.4) 16 (23.9) 31 (39.7) 29 (33.7) 10 (33.3)
  3 86 (59.3) 48 (71.6) 38 (48.7) 51 (59.3) 17 (56.7)
 OCT culprit lesion present, n (%) 67 (46.2) 67 (100) 78 (0) NA 39/86 (45.3) 12/30 (40.0) 0.673
 CMR completed and interpretable, n (%) 116 (80) 51 (76.1) 65 (83.3) 0.382 86/86 (100) 30/30 (100) NA
 CMR abnormal, n (%) 86/116 (74.1) 39/51 (76.5) 47/65 (72.3) 0.768 86/86 (100) 0/30 (0) NA
 Days from MI to CMR, median (IQR) 6.00
[3.50, 9.00]
(n=50) 6.00
[4.00, 9.75]
(n=65) 6.00
[3.00, 8.00]
0.665 6.00
[3.00, 7.50]
8.00
[6.00, 11.50]
0.002

CMR indicates cardiac magnetic resonance; IQR, interquartile range; MI, myocardial infarction; MINOCA, myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries; NA, not applicable; and OCT, coronary optical coherence tomography.