Age (yr) |
61.1 ± 12.0 |
66.0 ± 11.6 |
62.2 ± 12.3 |
0.083 |
Male sex (%) |
23.5 |
30.0 |
27.6 |
0.632 |
Body-mass index (Kg/m2) |
28.5 ± 4.35 |
27.8
± 4.71 |
28.8 ± 3.78 |
0.621 |
Diabetes (%) |
24.0 |
16.7 |
31.0 |
0.434 |
Present Smoker (%) |
14.0 |
13.3 |
10.3 |
0.955 |
Present or past smoker (%) |
75.6 |
86.7 |
75.9 |
0.380 |
Hypertension (%) |
63.5 |
80.0 |
72.4 |
0.115 |
Previous heart failure (%) |
12.3 |
3.3 |
0.0 |
0.036 |
Peripheral artery disease (%) |
3.8 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
1.000 |
Cerebrovascular events (%) |
2.9 |
0.0 |
3.4 |
0.660 |
Ejection fraction < 40% (%) |
6.9 |
6.9 |
10.7 |
0.585 |
Present or past atrial fibrillation (%) |
6.0 |
16.7 |
6.9 |
0.064 |
MEDICAL THERAPY |
|
|
|
|
Acetylsalicylic acid (%) |
92.6 |
96.7 |
89.7 |
0.556 |
AntiP2Y12 (%) |
75.7 |
76.7 |
51.7 |
0.013 |
Acenocumarol (%) |
5.2 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
1.000 |
Statins (%) |
94.5 |
93.3 |
93.1 |
0.567 |
Oral antidiabetic drugs (%) |
16.9 |
10.0 |
24.1 |
0.351 |
Insulin (%) |
7.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.150 |
ACEI (%) |
62.5 |
63.3 |
44.8 |
0.155 |
Angiotensin receptor blockers (%) |
15.0 |
13.3 |
24.1 |
0.370 |
Aldosterone receptor blockers (%) |
7.0 |
6.7 |
3.4 |
0.919 |
Betablockers (%) |
78.8 |
73.3 |
65.5 |
0.184 |
Diuretics (%) |
18.8 |
23.3 |
27.6 |
0.422 |
Amiodarone |
0.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.000 |
Digoxine |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.000 |
ANALYTICAL DATA |
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|
|
|
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) |
80.5 ± 25.0 |
78.1 ± 25.2 |
85.3 ±
22.5 |
0.518 |
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) |
42.0 ± 10.8 |
43.4 ± 10.7 |
44.5 ±
13.6 |
0.397 |
Non-HDL cholesterol |
104 ± 30.5 |
98.4 ± 27.1 |
111 ± 28.2 |
0.291 |
Triglycerides (mg/dl) |
101 (66.0) |
92.5 (66.2) |
121 (56.0) |
0.135 |
Glycemia (mg/dl) |
101 (24.0) |
98.0 (17.8) |
99.0 (19.0) |
0.792 |
eGFR (CKD-EPI) (ml/min/1.73 m2) |
78.6 ± 19.4 |
74.4 ± 19.2 |
73.1 ± 17.8 |
0.171 |
Hs C-reactive protein (mg/l) |
1.08 (2.72) |
2.68 (4.63) |
1.49
(2.81) |
0.004 |
NT-ProBNP (pg/ml) |
176 (297) |
272 (815) |
155 (217) |
0.324 |
MCP-1 (pg/ml) |
135 (74) |
151 (58) |
133 (43) |
0.725 |
Galectin-3 (ng/ml) |
7.86 (3.89) |
7.85 (4.13) |
7.50 (2.89) |
0.253 |
Hs troponin I (ng/ml) |
0.003 (0.010) |
0.002 (0.016) |
0.003
(0.009) |
0.837 |
Calcidiol (ng/ml) |
20.4 ± 8.55 |
21.4 ± 9.8 |
17.6 ± 6.93 |
0.175 |