Research Article

Clinical Outcomes of Drug-Coated Balloon in Coronary Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus: A Multicenter, Propensity Score Study

Table 2

Procedural characteristics before and after propensity score matching.

VariableAll patientsPropensity matched sample
Without DMWith DM valueWithout DMWith DM value

Number of lesions1704956649669
Lesion type0.6100.587
 Instent restenosis267 (15.67%)157 (16.42%)116 (17.87%)112 (16.74%)
 De novo lesions1437 (84.33%)799 (83.58%)533 (82.13%)557 (83.26%)
Treated vessel0.5410.729
 Left anterior descending coronary artery775 (45.48%)410 (42.89%)274 (42.22%)284 (42.45%)
 Left circumflex coronary artery545 (31.98%)310 (32.43%)200 (30.82%)215 (32.14%)
 Left main coronary artery9 (0.53%)3 (0.31%)5 (0.77%)2 (0.30%)
 Right coronary artery363 (21.30%)226 (23.64%)163 (25.12%)163 (24.36%)
 Bypass graft12 (0.70%)7 (0.73%)7 (1.08%)5 (0.75%)
Number of lesions treated by DCB (per patient)0.4170.372
 11294 (86.85%)689 (84.44%)511 (88.41%)497 (85.99%)
 2180 (12.08%)115 (14.09%)63 (10.90%)72 (12.46%)
 314 (0.94%)11 (1.35%)4 (0.69%)8 (1.38%)
 42 (0.13%)1 (0.12%)0 (0.00%)1 (0.17%)
Total occlusion201 (11.80%)116 (12.13%)0.79677 (11.86%)78 (11.66%)0.908
Intracoronary thrombus8 (0.47%)4 (0.42%)0.8504 (0.62%)3 (0.45%)0.722
Diffuse vessel disease383 (22.48%)208 (21.76%)0.669162 (24.96%)151 (22.57%)0.308
Ostial lesion310 (18.19%)169 (17.68%)0.740105 (16.18%)118 (17.64%)0.480
Bifurcation lesion552 (32.39%)292 (30.54%)0.325201 (30.97%)207 (30.94%)0.991
Lesion preparation1704 (100%)956 (100%)649 (100%)669 (100%)
 Semicompliant balloon1119 (65.67%)667 (69.77%)0.031446 (68.72%)475 (71.00%)0.367
 NSE459 (26.94%)264 (27.62%)0.706197 (30.35%)182 (27.20%)0.207
 Cutting balloon521 (30.58%)282 (29.50%)0.561186 (28.66%)202 (30.19%)0.541
 DWB67 (3.93%)39 (4.08%)0.85220 (3.08%)28 (4.19%)0.285
 Noncompliant balloon454 (26.64%)280 (29.29%)0.143168 (25.89%)190 (28.40%)0.305
 ROTA28 (1.64%)26 (2.72%)0.05912 (1.85%)17 (2.54%)0.392
Number of DCBs used (per lesion)0.6030.716
Mean DCB diameter (mm)0.0260.819
Length of DCB balloon (mm)0.0770.569
Inflation pressure (bar)0.6150.404
Bailout stenting60 (3.52%)38 (3.97%)0.55120 (3.08%)24 (3.59%)0.609

Plus–minus values are . DM: diabetes mellitus; DCB: drug-coated balloon; NSE: noncompliant scoring balloon; DWB: dual wire balloon; ROTA: rotational atherectomy.