Table 1

Patient demographics

VariableAll patientsStable CADACSp Value
Stable CAD vs ACS
No of patients287717931084
No of lesions325420311223
No of DES used385824531405
Age (years)66.9±11.267.9±10.265.2±12.5 <0.001
Male gender, n (%)2126 (73.9)1311 (73.1)815 (75.2)0.221
Diabetes, n (%)1090 (37.9)708 (39.5)382 (35.2) 0.023
Hypertension, n (%)2107 (73.2)1362 (76.0)745 (68.7)<0.001
Renal insufficiency, n (%)161 (5.6)108 (6.0)53 (4.9)0.200
Dialysis dependence, n (%)48 (1.7)35 (2.0)13 (1.2)0.127
 Haemodialysis, n (%)31 (1.1)23 (1.3)8 (0.7)0.302
 Peritoneal dialysis, n (%)17 (0.6)12 (0.7)5 (0.5)
STEMI, n (%)472 (16.4)0 (0.0)472 (43.5)
NSTEMI, n (%)612 (21.3)0 (0.0)612 (56.5)
Region, n (%)
 Europe2025 (70.4)1256 (70.1)769 (70.9)0.612
 Asia852 (29.6)537 (29.9)315 (29.1)
  • Bold values are statistically significant.

  • ACS, acute coronary syndrome; CAD, coronary artery disease; DES, drug-eluting stents; NSTEMI, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; ST, stent thrombosis; STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction.