Reduction of Lipid-Core Burden Index in Nonculprit Lesions at Follow-Up after ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Study of Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold versus Optimal Medical Therapy

Table 1

Patient’s characteristics.

Characteristics		All	Group 1	Group 2	value
			BVS + OMT	OMT
		N patients = 13	N patients = 6	N patients = 7
Age (years)	Mean ± sd	56 ± 12	57 ± 11	56 ± 11	0.36
Male gender	n (%)	12 (92)	5 (83)	7 (100)	0.46
Smoking	n (%)	10 (77)	5 (83)	5 (71)	1
Hypertension	n (%)	6 (46)	3 (50)	3 (43)	0.61
Diabetes	n (%)	3 (23)	1 (17)	2 (28)	1
Glomerular filtration rate (ml/min/1.73 m^2)	Mean ± sd	92 ± 12	90 ± 14	97 ± 5	0.12
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	Mean ± sd	176 ± 33	166 ± 26	184 ± 35	0.16
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	Mean ± sd	107 ± 29	94 ± 13	118 ± 32	0.06
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	Mean ± sd	37 ± 8	37 ± 7	38 ± 8	0.38
Statin user	n (%)	2 (15)	1 (17)	1 (14)	1