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. 2021 Apr 20;16(17):1404–1412. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-20-00185

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the study population.

BioMatrix (n=1,160) Orsiro (n=1,167) p-value
Age, years 63.6±11.1 63.4±10.7 0.583
Men 838 (72.2) 835 (71.6) 0.746
Body mass index, kg/m2 25.1±3.3 25.1±3.3 0.644
Diabetes mellitus 393 (33.9) 384 (32.9) 0.650
Arterial hypertension 706 (60.9) 685 (58.7) 0.307
Current smoker 306 (26.4) 324 (27.8) 0.327
Dyslipidaemia 625 (53.9) 609 (52.2) 0.437
Previous percutaneous coronary intervention 147 (12.7) 135 (11.6) 0.452
Previous coronary artery bypass grafting 10 (0.9) 8 (0.7) 0.803
Previous myocardial infarction 56 (4.8) 60 (5.1) 0.801
Previous cerebrovascular accident 83 (7.2) 78 (6.7) 0.710
Atrial fibrillation 47 (4.1) 35 (3.0) 0.389
Clinical diagnosis for percutaneous coronary intervention Silent ischaemia 65 (5.6) 55 (4.7) 0.448
Stable angina 313 (27.0) 328 (28.1)
Unstable angina 424 (36.6) 424 (36.4)
Non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction 257 (22.2) 238 (20.4)
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction 101 (8.7) 121 (10.4)
IVUS/OCT-guided 273 (23.5) 265 (22.7) 0.672
Total stent length per patient lesion, mm <35 747 (64.4) 719 (61.6) 0.177
≥35 413 (35.6) 448 (38.4)
Min. stent diameter per patient, mm <3 541 (46.6) 531 (45.5) 0.611
≥3 619 (53.4) 636 (54.5)
Target lesion per patient 1 848 (73.1) 854 (73.2) 0.590
2 236 (20.3) 246 (21.1)
3 62 (5.3) 59 (5.1)
>3 14 (1.2) 8 (0.7)
Number per patient 1.30 1.30
Medication at discharge
Aspirin 1,147 (99.0) 1,155 (99.0) >0.999
Clopidogrel 961 (82.9) 961 (82.4) 0.759
Ticagrelor 140 (12.1) 152 (13.0) 0.532
Prasugrel 43 (3.7) 39 (3.3) 0.709
Renin-angiotensin system inhibitors 738 (63.7) 737 (63.2) 0.827
Beta-blocker 720 (62.2) 744 (63.8) 0.457
Statin 1,096 (94.6) 1,099 (94.2) 0.750