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Table 1 Clinical characteristics in patients with myocardial bridge (MB)

From: A potential protective element of myocardial bridge against severe obstructive atherosclerosis in the whole coronary system

Characteristics

Values

Incidence of MB, n/total (%)

578/6774 (8.53%)

Location of MB: LADa, n (%)

571(98.79%)

 LCXb, (%)

4 (0.69%)

 RCAc, (%)

3 (0.52%)

Age (years, mean ± SD)

61.10 ± 9.93

Sex

 Male, n (%)

319 (55.19%)

 Female, n (%)

259 (44.81%)

Hypertension, n (%)

289 (50.00%)

DMd, n (%)

59 (10.21%)

IGTe, n (%)

22 (3.81%)

DM/IGTf, n (%)

81 (14.01%)

Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

42 (7.27%)

Ischemic cerebrovascular disease, n (%)

21 (3.63%)

Chronic kidney disease, n (%)

7 (1.21%)

SOCADg, n (%)

66 (11.42%)

  1. aLAD, left anterior descending artery
  2. bLCX, left circumflex
  3. cRCA, right coronary artery
  4. dDM, diabetes mellitus
  5. eIGT, impaired glucose tolerance
  6. fDM/IGT, diabetes mellitus/impaired glucose tolerance
  7. gSOCAD, severe obstructive coronary artery disease requiring treatment with percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting