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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the fondaparinux and enoxaparin groups

From: Efficacy and safety of fondaparinux versus enoxaparin in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention treated with the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor tirofiban

Characteristics

Fondaparinux (n = 430)

Enoxaparin (n = 463)

P

Age (year)

57.29 ± 9.39

58.16 ± 9.58

0.170

Male [n(%)]

328 (76.3)

363 (78.2)

0.486

Weight (kg)

72.04 ± 12.08

72.64 ± 13.05

0.487

Hypertension [n(%)]

245 (57.2)

276 (59.5)

0.448

Diabetes [n(%)]

98 (22.8)

94 (20.3)

0.357

Stroke [n(%)]

14 (3.3)

11 (2.4)

0.423

Prior myocardial infarction [n(%)]

50 (11.6)

74 (15.9)

0.060

Current smoker [n(%)]

224 (52.1)

246 (53.0)

0.782

ACS [n(%)]

   

 Unstable angina

216 (50.2)

296 (68.3)

0.658

 Non-ST-elevation ACS

52 (12.1)

49 (10.6)

0.477

 ST-elevation MI

162(37.7)

119 (25.6)

<0.001

Target vessel position [n(%)]

   

 Left Main

53 (12.3)

66 (14.2)

0.397

 Left Anterior Descending

278 (64.7)

295 (63.6)

0.771

 Left Circumflex

36 (8.4)

39 (8.4)

0.978

 Right Coronary Artery

46 (10.9)

45 (9.7)

0.629

PCI

   

 Average stent diameter (mm)

3.03 ± 0.40

3.06 ± 0.40

0.181

 Average length of stents (mm)

27.17 ± 5.96

27.58 ± 5.89

0.293

 Average number of stents

1.85 ± 0.96

1.89 ± 1.02

0.627

Transradial artery invasive [n(%)]

378 (87.9)

408 (87.9)

0.991

Tirofiban (d)

1.84 ± 0.66

1.90 ± 0.62

0.495

Fondaparinux/enoxaparin (d)

4.75 ± 1.81

4.57 ± 1.75

0.168

Laboratory examination

   

 APTT (s)

33.39 ± 5.86

32.97 ± 5.57

0.271

 Prothrombin time (s)

12.97 ± 1.38

12.90 ± 1.07

0.381

 HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.19 ± 0.44

1.18 ± 0.58

0.639

 Creatinine (mmol/L)

87.50 ± 18.71

91.02 ± 15.02

0.116

 PLT (×109/L)

212.29 ± 56.09

212.50 ± 51.13

0.954

  1. ACS Acute coronary syndrome, MI Myocardial infarction, PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention, APTT Activated partial thromboplastin time, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein cholesterol. All values are expressed as means ± SD. P < 0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance