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Table 1 General characteristics of patients included in the study

From: Correlation analysis of coronary artery tortuosity and calcification score

Characteristic

Total

N-CAT group

CAT group

p-value

Participants (n)

1280

835 (65%)

445 (35%)

 

Gender

 Male (n)

658 (51.4%)

476 (57%)

182 (40.9%)

< 0.001

 Female (n)

622 (48.6%)

359 (43%)

263 (59.1%)

Age (years)

62.3 ± 12.7

61.1 ± 12.9

65.2 ± 11.8

 < 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

 18.5–23.9

412 (31.2%)

238 (28.5%)

174 (39.1%)

 < 0.001

 24–27.9

635 (49.6%)

418 (50.1%)

217 (48.8%)

 > 28

233 (18.2%)

179 (21.4%)

54 (12.1%)

Myocardial bridge

555 (43.4%)

349 (41.8%)

206 (46.3%)

0.122

Diameter stenosis

 No stenosis

518 (40.5%)

351 (42%)

167 (37.5%)

0.204

 Slight stenosis

207 (16.2%)

134 (16.1%)

73 (16.4%)

 Mild stenosis

242 (18.9%)

153 (18.3%)

89 (20%)

 Moderate stenosis

182 (14.2%)

107 (12.8%)

75 (16.9%)

 Severe stenosis

131 (10.2%)

90 (10.8%)

41 (9.2%)

Agatston score

 0

608 (47.5%)

411 (49.2%)

197 (44.2%)

0.111

 1–100

342 (26.7%)

226 (27.1%)

116 (26.1%)

 101–400

173 (13.5%)

101 (12.1%)

72 (16.2%)

 > 400

157 (12.3%)

97 (11.6%)

60 (13.5%)

Smoking

189 (14.8%)

131 (15.7%)

58 (13%)

0.202

Hypertension

758 (59.2%)

474 (56.8%)

284 (63.8%)

0.014

Diabetes

266 (20.8%)

178 (21.3%)

88 (19.8%)

0.517

Biochemical indexes

 Uric Acid (μmol/l)

341 ± 103.2

346.1 ± 104.1

331.6 ± 101

0.018

 TG (mmol/l)

1.6 ± 1.2

1.7 ± 1.2

1.5 ± 1.2

0.047

 CHOL (mmol/l)

4.5 ± 1.0

4.5 ± 1.0

4.6 ± 1.1

0.475

 HDL (mmol/l)

1.3 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.3

1.4 ± 0.3

< 0.001

 LDL (mmol/l)

2.5 ± 0.8

2.6 ± 0.8

2.5 ± 0.7

0.496

 ApoA1(g/l)

1.2 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.3

0.582

 ApoB (g/l)

0.9 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.2

0.633

 LPa (mg/l)

124 (59–296)

118 (58–274)

138 (61–328)

0.117