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Table 1 Characteristics of the patient population who underwent cardiac CT for the evaluation of coronary artery disease; 2012ā€“2016

From: Appropriate utilization of cardiac computed tomography for the assessment of stable coronary artery disease

n

2577

Age (meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SD in years)

59.7ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12.5

Female sex (%)

47.3

Cardiac risk factors

Ā Family history of CAD (%)

20.1

Ā Active smoker (%)

14.1

Ā Diabetes (%)

43.4

Ā Dyslipidemia (%)

37.6

Ā Hypertension (%)

18.8

Ā Newly diagnosed systolic heart failure (%)

9.0

Ā Prior history of cerebrovascular or peripheral vascular disease (%)

16.7

Chest pain

Ā Typical (%)

20.6

Ā Atypical (%)

66.6

Ā No chest pain (%)

12.7

Atrial fibrillation (%)

10.9

History of sustained ventricular tachycardia (%)

1.1

Abnormal prior stress test (%)

22.3

  1. CT computed tomography, SD standard deviation