Table 1

Baseline patient characteristics

Baseline dataCohort A (n=73)Cohort B (n=79)
Age (years)62.7±9.062.2±10.6
Male gender52 (71.2%)64 (81.0%)
Smoking history39 (53.4%)51 (64.6%)
 Current smoker (within the past 2 weeks)15 (20.5%)16 (20.3%)
Diabetes12 (16.4%)22 (27.9%)
Hypertension53 (72.6%)54 (68.4%)
Hypercholesterolemia50 (68.5%)55 (69.6%)
Family history of CAD27 (37.0%)28 (35.4%)
Prior MI20 (27.4%)21 (26.6%)
Prior PCI28 (38.4%)39 (49.4%)
  • Patient characteristics for the 73 patients in cohort A and the 79 patients in cohort B included in the matched OCT analysis. Values are n(%) or mean±SD.

  • CAD, coronary artery disease; MI, myocardial infarction; OCT, optical coherence tomography; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.