Research Article

Comparison of Risk Assessment Strategies for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Stable Chest Pain: A Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics by the presence of obstructive CAD on CCTA.

CharacteristicTotalObstructive CAD
Yes ()No ()

Age (years, )<0.0001
Male331 (55)176 (65)155 (47)<0.0001
Hypertension409 (68)198 (73)211 (64)0.0188
Hyperlipidemia313 (52)160 (59)153 (46)0.0023
Smoking284 (47)143 (53)141 (43)0.0162
Abnormal ECG259 (43)132 (49)127 (38)0.0136
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2, )0.0152
Symptom0.0182
 Nonanginal chest pain284 (47)115 (42)169 (51)
 Atypical angina239 (40)110 (41)129 (39)
 Typical angina79 (13)46 (17)33 (10)

SD: standard deviation; CAD: coronary artery disease; ECG: electrocardiogram; CCTA: coronary computed tomographic angiography; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate. Values are presented as (%) unless stated otherwise.