Comparison of outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention on proximal versus non-proximal left anterior descending coronary artery, proximal left circumflex, and proximal right coronary artery: A cross-sectional study

Table 1 Selected baseline characteristics in the Proximal LAD versus Proximal LCX/RCA and Non-proximal LAD groups

	Proximal LAD n = 408	Proximal LCX/RCA n = 133	P value (study I) *	Non-proximal LAD n = 244	P value (study II) **
Age(yrs) (mean ± SD)	55.36 ± 10.87	56.94 ± 9.7	0.14	55.6 ± 10.88	0.78
Male	285(69.9%)	104(78.2%)	0.06	163(66.8%)	0.41
Diabetes Mellitus	76(19.1%)	33(25.4%)	0. 12	58 (24%)	0.14
Family history of CAD	89(21.8%)	21(15.8%)	0.13	54(22.1%)	0.91
hypercholesterolemia	171(43%)	59(45.4%)	0.63	107(44.2%)	0.76
Current smoker	157(38.5%)	68(51.1%)	0.01	86(35.2%)	0.41
hypertension	132(33.2%)	38(29.2%)	0.4	92(38%)	0.21
Myocardial infarction	138 (33.8%)	38 (28.6%)	0.26	72 (29.5%)	0.25
Prior PCI (Non-target vessel)	15(3.7%)	12(9%)	0.01	7(2.9%)	0.58
Prior CABG	2(0.5%)	2(1.5%)	0.24	1(0.4%)	>0.999

CAD = coronary artery disease
PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention
CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting
* Proximal LAD group vs proximal LCX/RCA group
** Proximal LAD group vs non-proximal LAD group
Variables with p values that are marked in bold were entered into multivariate analysis.

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