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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Revascularization and outcomes in Veterans with moderate to severe ischemia on myocardial perfusion imaging

Item

SDS ≥ 8 (n = 39)

SDS < 8 (n = 505)

P value

Age (year)

63(58–67)

64(61–70)

0.07

Clinical Characteristics [n(%)]

 Chest pain

20(51.3)

248(49.1)

0.79

 Dyspnea

15(38.5)

208(41.2)

0.74

 CAD

29(74.4)

196(38.8)

<0.0001

 DM

17(43.6)

209(41.4)

0.79

 HTN

30(76.9)

418(82.8)

0.36

 HLD

34(87.2)

381(75.4)

0.10

 Tobacco use

144(28.5)

8(20.5)

0.15

 Obesity

21(53.8)

345(68.5)

0.06

 Abnormal ECG

28(71.8)

266(52.7)

0.02

Outcomes [n(%)]

 Coronary angiography

31(79.5)

48(9.5)

<0.0001

 Successful revascularization

15(38.5)

20(4.0)

<0.0001

 MI within 1 year

2(5.1)

4(0.8)

0.01

  1. SDS Summed difference score, CAD Coronary artery disease, DM Diabetes mellitus, HTN Hypertension, HLD Hyperlipidemia, ECG Electrocardiogram, MI Myocardial infarction. Age is expressed as interquartile range (IQR)