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Table 4 Comparisons on incidence of myocardial bridge and clinical characteristics between male and female

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

Event

Male

Female

P value

N = 4364 (64.42%)

N = 2410 (35.58%)

Age (years, mean ± SD)

63.25 ± 10.56

66.09 ± 10.09

< 0.0001

Myocardial bridge, n (%)

319(7.31%)

259(10.75%)

< 0.0001

Hypertension, n (%)

2617(59.97%)

1485(61.62%)

0.1855

DMa, n (%)

1010(23.14%)

595(24.69%)

0.1274

IGTb, n (%)

221(5.06%)

100(4.15%)

0.2371

DM/IGTc, n (%)

1231(28.21%)

695(28.84%)

0.8594

Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

277(6.35%)

228(9.46%)

< 0.0001

Ischemic cerebrovascular disease, n (%)

258(5.91%)

179(7.43%)

0.0174

Chronic kidney disease, n (%)

178(4.08%)

63(2.61%)

0.0016

SOCADd, n (%)

2681(61.43%)

902(37.43%)

< 0.0001

  1. aDM, diabetes mellitus
  2. bIGT, impaired glucose tolerance
  3. cDM/IGT, diabetes mellitus/impaired glucose tolerance
  4. dSOCAD, severe obstructive coronary artery disease requiring treatment with percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting