Table 1 Baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics of the study cohort

From: Culprit lesion characteristics and prognosis in STEMI with cold onset: an OCT study

Variables

Cold temperature group (n = 270)

Warm temperature group (n = 247)

p

Male, n (%)

189 (70.0)

180 (72.9)

0.496

Age, years

58.2 ± 11.7

57.8 ± 11.9

0.709

Hypertension, n (%)

117 (43.3)

108 (43.7)

0.929

Heart rate

78.0 (67.0–86.0)

79.5 (67.0–99.0)

0.512

Systolic pressure, mmHg

130 (114–146)

130 (114–145)

0.982

Diastolic pressure, mmHg

80 (70–90)

80 (72–90)

0.423

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

172 (63.7)

157 (63.6)

0.973

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

87 (32.2)

92 (37.2)

0.230

Current smoker, n (%)

142 (52.6)

146 (59.1)

0.156

Pre-PCI, n (%)

4 (1.5)

7 (2.8)

0.366

LVEF, %

61 (54–62)

61 (54–63)

0.773

Hemoglobin, g/dl

145.0 (134.0–156.0)

146.0 (134.0–158.0)

0.961

Platelet count, 103/μl

239.0 (193.5–283.3)

231.5 (195.0–271.8)

0.338

White blood count, 103/μl

11.2 (8.9–13.8)

11.4 (9.5–14.1)

0.339

hs-CRP, mg/dl

5.4 (2.3–10.7)

4.1 (1.8–9.2)

0.014

HbA1c, %

5.8 (5.5–6.4)

5.8 (5.5–6.6)

0.611

Total cholesterol, mg/dl

182.4 (155.1–211.9)

178.7 (152.7–205.7)

0.933

Triglyceride, mg/dl

121.3 (85.0–174.4)

126.6 (87.7–193.0)

0.510

LDL-C, mg/dl

111.4 (89.7–135.3)

107.1 (88.9–132.3)

0.882

HDL-C, mg/dl

52.2 (44.1–63.4)

49.5 (43.7–59.2)

0.164

NT-proBNP, pg/ml

145.5.0 (48.0–529.5)

119.0 (45.0–449.0)

0.386

Peak Troponin I, ng/ml

59.7 (17.4–125.8)

53.8 (15.1–109.2)

0.641

BMI, kg/m2

24.9 ± 3.8

24.8 ± 3.6

0.825

PCI with drug-eluting stents, n (%)

140 (51.9)

114 (46.2)

0.218

Medications at discharge

Aspirin

262 (97.0)

243 (98.4)

0.388

Clopidogrel

91 (33.7)

70 (28.3)

0.216

Ticagrelor

175 (64.8)

173 (70.0)

0.233

Statins

262 (97.0)

240 (97.2)

1.000

β-receptor blocker

167 (61.9)

163 (66.0)

0.360

ACEI/ARB

134 (49.6)

116 (47.0)

0.597

Culprit vessel, n (%)

 

0.242

LAD

138 (51.1)

129 (52.2)

 

RCA

88 (32.6)

90 (36.4)

LCX

44 (16.3)

28 (11.3)

Killip, n (%)

  

0.129

I

265 (98.0)

245 (99.2)

 

II

4 (1.5)

0 (0)

 

III

1 (0.4)

2 (0.8)

 

TIMI  1, n (%)

160 (59.0)

122 (49.8)

0.042

balloon angioplasty, n (%)

124 (45.9)

96 (38.9)

0.105

thrombectomy, n (%)

215 (79.6)

182 (74.6)

0.206

MLD, mm

1.1 (0.8–1.4)

1.1 (0.8–1.5)

0.151

RLD, mm

2.7 (2.4–3.1)

2.8 (2.4–3.2)

0.268

DS, %

60 (50.0–70.0)

59.5 (46–68)

0.134

Lesion length, mm

14.2 (11.4–18.4)

14.9 (11.8–18.6)

0.416

Final MLD, mm

1.8 (1.2–2.6)

2.0 (1.3–2.5)

0.263

Final TIMI, n (%)

  

0.876

TIMI = 2

23 (8.5)

22 (8.9)

 

TIMI = 3

247 (91.5)

225 (91.1)

 

TMPFC > 95.5, n (%)

64 (23.7)

49 (19.8)

0.288

  1. Values expressed as n (%), mean ± SD, or median (25th–75th percentiles). A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
  2. HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, hs-CRP high-sensitive C-reactive protein, DS diameter stenosis, LAD left anterior descending artery, LCX left circumflex artery, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, MLD minimal lumen diameter, NT-proBNP N-terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, RCA right coronary artery, RLD reference lumen diameter, TIMI thrombolysis in myocardial infarction, TMPFC thrombolysis in myocardial infarction myocardial perfusion frame count.