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Table 1 Baseline clinical and laboratory characteristics according to the presence of vasospastic angina (VA)

From: Blunted heart rate recovery is associated with coronary artery spasm in patients with suspected vasospastic angina

 

Patients without VA (n = 676)

Patients with VA (n = 300)

p-value

Age, years

53.2 ± 10.9

55.7 ± 9.8

<0.001

Male gender, n (%)

278 (41.1%)

186 (62%)

<0.001

Body mass index, kg/m2

24.6 ± 3.3

24.7 ± 3.2

0.681

systolic BP, mmHg

147.3 ± 24.1

148.2 ± 24.1

0.568

diastolic BP, mmHg

74.1 ± 13.2

74.3 ± 12.4

0.784

Current smoking, n (%)

159 (23.5%)

135 (45%)

<0.001

Alcohol drinker, n (%)

216 (32%)

124 (41.3%)

0.006

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

78 (11.6%)

49 (16.3%)

0.052

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

287 (42.5%)

156 (52%)

0.007

Hypertension, n (%)

200 (29.6%)

90 (30%)

0.956

Hyperthyroidism, n (%)

28 (7.5%)

8 (5.3%)

0.466

Previous medication

 Aspirin

106 (15.8%)

44 (14.7%)

0.752

 RAS blocker

89 (13.2%)

52 (17.3%)

0.109

 Beta blocker

67 (9.9%)

36 (12%)

0.390

 Calcium channel blocker

91 (13.5%)

45 (15%)

0.601

 Diuretics

19 (2.8%)

9 (3%)

1.000

 Nitrates

65 (9.7%)

44 (14.7%)

0.029

 Statin

83 (12.4%)

57 (19%)

0.009

Uric acid, mg/L

5.4 ± 1.5

5.5 ± 1.5

0.492

Creatinine, mg/dL

0.8 ± 0.2

0.8 ± 0.2

0.973

Fasting glucose, mg/dL

101.9 ± 24.9

98.6 ± 19.5

0.054

Total cholesterol, mg/dL

176.5 ± 37.1

174.2 ± 35.3

0.375

LDLcholesterol, mg/dL

105.2 ± 36.0

103.1 ± 31.2

0.391

HDL cholesterol, mg/dL

47.7 ± 14.5

47.3 ± 13.0

0.647

Triglycerides, mg/dL

124.7 ± 120.1

131.6 ± 103.4

0.386

hs-CRP, mg/dL

0.3 ± 1.0

0.3 ± 1.3

0.973

  1. All values are means ± SDs for continuous variables or frequencies (percentages) for categorical variables
  2. BP blood pressure, RAS renin angiotensin system, LDL low density lipoprotein, HDL high density lipoprotein, hs-CRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein