Different Plaque Composition and Progression in Patients with Stable and Unstable Coronary Syndromes Evaluated by Cardiac CT

Table 1

Patient characteristics at baseline.

Patient characteristics	SAP	UAP/n-STEMI	value
Male gender (%)	35 (87.5%)	15 (75%)	0.28
Age – year (±95% CI)	63 (±2.5)	59.7 (±4.3)	0.17
Ejection fraction (±95% CI)	59.4 (±2.6)	55.3 (±3)	0.056
BMI (±95% CI)	27.6 (±1.1)	27.6 (±1.6)	0.98
Treatment for dyslipidemia (%)	34 (85%)	5 (25%)	<0.0001
Treatment for hypertension (%)	28 (70%)	7 (35%)	0.01
Family history of IHD (%)	20 (50%)	4 (20%)	0.048
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (%)	0 (0%)	3 (15%)	0.033
Smoking			0.57
No (%)	11 (27.5%)	4 (20%)
Active (%)	10 (25%)	8 (40%)
Former (%)	19 (47.5%)	8 (40%)