The Influence of Endothelial Function and Myocardial Ischemia on Peak Oxygen Consumption in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Table 1

Clinical and demographic variables for those patients with and without exercise-induced ischemia.

M (SD)	Ischemic	Nonischemic	𝜒^2/𝑡/𝐹	𝑃
𝑛	34	82
Age (years)	66 (11)	61 (10)	2.26	.026
BMI (kg·m^−2)	27.9 (4.1)	30.6 (5.3)	2.68	.009
% Women (𝑛)	35 (12)	27 (21)	1.11	.293
% On meds during FMD (𝑛)	12 (4)	23 (19)	1.97	.161
% Hypertensive (𝑛)	41 (14)	60 (49)	3.34	.068
% Dyslipidemic (𝑛)	89 (73)	32 (94)	0.73	.394
% Diabetic (𝑛)	19 (23)	5 (15)	1.05	.306
% Current smoker (𝑛)	12 (15)	3 (9)	0.72	.396
FMD (%)*	3.64 (0.57)	4.98 (0.36)	3.92	.050
GTNMD (%)*	14.11 (0.99)	15.47 (0.63)	1.34	.249

∗Corrected M (SE), adjusting for vessel size.
BMI: body mass index, ETT: exercise tolerance test, FMD: flow-mediated dilatation, GTNMD: GTN-mediated dilatation.