Baseline characteristics, investigation tests and revascularisation in patients who went on to be investigated in both groups
| Group A n=349 | % | Group B n=468 | % | P value | All | % | |
| Age | 57.2±12.2 | 56.9±10.9 | 0.697 | 57.0±11.5 | |||
| Gender (male) | 174 | 49.9% | 240 | 51.3% | 0.687 | 414 | 50.7% |
| Type of pain | 0.003 | ||||||
| Typical anginal | 46 | 13.2% | 89 | 19.0% | 135 | 16.5% | |
| Atypical anginal | 252 | 72.2% | 341 | 72.9% | 593 | 72.6% | |
| Non-anginal | 51 | 14.6% | 38 | 8.1% | 89 | 10.9% | |
| ESC Risk Score | 39.2.6±21.3 | 41.12±21.2 | 0.214 | 36.1±21.0 | |||
| ESC Risk Score Group | 0.194 | ||||||
| Low (<15%) | 44 | 12.6% | 36 | 7.7% | 0.121 | 80 | 9.8% |
| Low-intermediate (15%–50%) | 215 | 61.6% | 303 | 64.7% | 518 | 63.4% | |
| Intermediate-high (51%–85%) | 83 | 23.8% | 116 | 24.8% | 199 | 24.4% | |
| High (>85%) | 7 | 2.0% | 13 | 2.8% | 20 | 2.4% | |
| Hypertension | 154 | 44.1% | 199 | 42.5% | 0.705 | 353 | 43.2% |
| Hypercholesterolaemia | 216 | 61.9% | 264 | 56.4% | 0.142 | 480 | 58.8% |
| Diabetes | 79 | 22.6% | 94 | 20.1% | 0.403 | 173 | 21.2% |
| Family history | 149 | 42.7% | 184 | 39.3% | 0.370 | 333 | 40.8% |
| Smoking | 80 | 22.9% | 88 | 18.8% | 0.168 | 168 | 20.6% |
| Ejection fraction | 111 | 31.8% | 81 | 17.3% | 0.146 | 192 | 23.5% |
| Normal | 93 | 26.6% | 75 | 16.0% | 168 | 20.6% | |
| Mildly impaired | 12 | 3.4% | 6 | 1.3% | 18 | 2.2% | |
| Moderately impaired | 5 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 0.6% | |
| Severely impaired | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Functional test | 243 | 69.6% | 93 | 19.9% | 336 | 41.1% | |
| Stress echo | 218 | 62.5% | 81 | 17.3% | <0.001 | 299 | 36.6% |
| Exercise treadmill test | 15 | 4.3% | 2 | 0.4% | <0.001 | 17 | 2.1% |
| MPI | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 1.3% | 0.034 | 6 | 0.7% |
| CMR perfusion | 10 | 2.9% | 4 | 0.9% | 0.016 | 14 | 1.7% |
| CTCA/CT Calcium Score only | 60/13 | 17.2%/3.7% | 313/18 | 66.9/3.9% | <0.001 | ||
| Calcium Score | 33.3±129.8 | 87.3±252.4 | 0.037 | ||||
| ICA | 77 | 22.1% | 95 | 20.3% | 0.608 | 172 | 21.1% |
| PCI | 22 | 6.3% | 27 | 5.8% | 0.750 | 49 | 6.0% |
| CABG | 6 | 1.7% | 14 | 3.0% | 0.244 | 20 | 2.4% |
| Revascularisation | 28 | 8.0% | 41 | 8.8% | 0.708 | 69 | 8.4% |
Bold values represent statistical significance or in other words p value < 0.05.
CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CMR, cardiac magnetic resonnance; CTCA, CT coronary angiography; ESC, European Society of Cardiology; ICA, invasive coronary angiography; MPI, myocardial perfusion imaging; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.