Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with LMCAD that underwent CABG or PCI

From: Revascularization strategy for left main coronary artery disease comparing percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting

Variables

CABG (N = 1180)

PCI (N = 526)

P value

Age, years

67 ± 9

71 ± 11

6.94e-16

Female

181 (15.3)

150 (28.5)

2.07e-10

Hypertension

690 (58.5)

306 (58.2)

0.908

Dyslipidemia

720 (61)

314 (59.7)

0.606

Heart failure

36 (3.1)

44 (8.4)

1.63e-06

Atrial fibrillation

3 (0.3)

5 (1)

0.052

Type I or II Diabetes

301 (25.5)

143 (27.2)

0.466

COPD

67 (5.7)

43 (8.2)

0.053

CEVD

29 (2.5)

22 (4.2)

0.053

CKD

6 (0.5)

11 (2.1)

0.002

PAD

38 (3.2)

24 (4.6)

0.171

Any Liver disease

0 (0)

1 (0.2)

0.134

Malignancy

4 (0.3)

12 (2.3)

0.0001

Current smoker

228 (19.3)

78 (14.8)

0.026

Former smoker

326 (27.6)

145 (27.6)

0.979

Baseline Medications

ASA

787 (66.7)

348 (66.2)

0.829

Other antiplatelets

305 (25.8)

187 (35.6)

4.39e-05

Statin

626 (53.1)

290 (55.1)

0.426

ACEi/ARB

569 (48.2)

277 (52.7)

0.09

Beta-blocker

634 (53.7)

300 (57)

0.205

Anticoagulant

81 (6.9)

67 (12.7)

6.89e-05

  1. Bold values indicate statistical significance.
  2. CABG coronary artery bypass grafting, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CEVD cerebrovascular disease, CKD chronic kidney disease, PAD Peripheral arterial disease, ASA acetylsalicylic acid, ACEi/ARB Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/Angiotensin receptor blockers.