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Table 1 Characteristics of 300 patients in Shiraz, Iran, with and without new retinal emboli after cardiac intervention.

From: Clinical significance of retinal emboli during diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterization in patients with coronary artery disease

Characteristics

Post-procedure results

 

Normal (n = 281)

New lesions (n = 19)

P

Age

59 ± 7.83

64.5 ± 6.16

0.018

Sex

   

   Male

146

10

0.955

   Female

135

9

0.955

Smoking

43

2

0.573

Diabetes mellitus

87

7

0.593

Hypertension

146

15

0.022

Hyperlipidemia

135

10

0.698

Body mass index >30

43

3

0.955

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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

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