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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Cardiol. 2020 May 17;29(1):37–42. doi: 10.1007/s12350-020-02166-5

Table 1:

Baseline characteristics of the study cohort

Clinical characteristics Psoriasis (n=62) Control (n=112) P-value
Age, mean (SD) 69.6 (11.8) 68.6 (11.3) 0.6
Female, n (%) 44 (71) 76 (68) 0.86
CV risk factors
BMI ≥ 30 kg/m, n (%) 28 (45.1) 56 (50) 0.63
Diabetes, n (%) 24 (38.7) 43 (38.4) 1.0
Hypertension, n (%) 48 (77.4) 84 (75) 0.85
Dyslipidemia, n (%) 39 (62.9) 71 (63.4) 1.0
Smoking, n (%) 6 (9.7) 7 (6.3) 0.54
Known CAD, n (%) 7 (11.3) 24 (21) 0.1
Statin, n (%) 38 (61.3) 65 (58) 0.71

Values are mean with standard deviation (SD) or n (%).

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Known CAD if history of MI or PCI. Smoking indicates active smoking at time of PET scan. CV=cardiovascular. BMI = body mass index. CAD =coronary artery disease.