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Table 1 Patient characteristics of the entire trial cohort and those stratified by CT CAD categories

From: Usefulness of preoperative coronary computed tomography angiography in high risk non-cardiovascular surgery old patients with unknown or suspected coronary artery disease

Variables

Total cohort

No CAD

Nonobstructive CAD

Obstructive CAD

p value

n = 841

n = 485

n = 192

n = 164

n = 841

Age (years)

69.5 ± 5.8

68.4 ± 5.5

70.6 ± 6.3

71.3 ± 5.4

< 0.001

Male

627 (74.6)

334 (68.9)

155 (80.7)

138 (84.1)

< 0.001

Suspected CAD

70 (8.3)

28 (5.8)

15 (7.8)

27 (16.5)

0.001

Positive ECG

110 (13.1)

48 (10.0)

17 (8.9)

45 (27.4)

< 0.001

HR (beats/min)

73.6 ± 25.7

74.0 ± 30.9

72.8 ± 17.2

73.3 ± 13.8

0.855

LVEF (%)

66.6 ± 7.1

66.5 ± 6.7

67.0 ± 6.9

66.4 ± 8.3

0.655

Median Agatston score†

 

0

71 (17.4, 190.2)

348.4 (124.3, 789.9)

< 0.001

Risk factors

 Smoking

401 (47.7)

210 (43.3)

100 (52.1)

91 (55.5)

0.003

 Diabetes mellitus

85 (10.1)

38 (7.8)

21 (10.9)

26 (15.9)

0.004

 Hypertension

293 (34.8)

138 (28.5)

73 (38.0)

82 (50.0)

< 0.001

 Hyperlipidemia

248 (29.5)

137 (28.2)

57 (29.7)

54 (32.9)

0.272

 Stroke

26 (3.1)

12 (2.5)

5 (2.6)

9 (5.5)

0.101

Medication use at perioperative period

 Statins

80 (9.5)

16 (3.3)

11 (5.7)

53(32.3)

< 0.001

 ACEi or ARB

66 (7.8)

27 (5.6)

17 (8.9)

22 (13.4)

0.001

Calcium channel blockers

195 (23.2)

91 (18.8)

52 (27.1)

52 (31.7)

< 0.001

 Beta-blocker

124 (14.7)

53 (10.9)

26 (13.5)

45 (27.4)

< 0.001

 Diuretics

288 (34.2)

148 (30.5)

81 (42.2)

59 (36.0)

0.06

 Nitrate agent

184 (21.9)

86 (17.7)

45 (23.4)

53 (32.3)

< 0.001

  1. Unless otherwise indicated, values are mean ± standard deviations (SD) or n (%)
  2. CT computed tomography, CAD coronary artery disease, ECG electrocardiography, HR heart rate, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, ACEi angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB angiotensin II receptor blocker
  3. p value represents comparison among no CAD, non-obstructive and obstructive CAD
  4. †Data in parentheses are interquartile ranges