Oxidative Stress and Inflammation Are Associated with Coexistent Severe Multivessel Coronary Artery Stenosis and Right Carotid Artery Severe Stenosis in Elderly Patients
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of patients with RCCAS, RECAS, RICAS, RCCAS+RECAS+RICAS, and RCCAS+RECAS+RICAS+coronary artery lesions.
CON ()
No carotid stenosis ()
RCCAS ()
RECAS ()
RICAS ()
RCCAS+RECAS+RICAS ()
RCCAS+RECAS+RICAS+coronary artery stenosis ()
value
Gender
Male, (%)
31 (51)
29 (52)
83 (49)
82 (51)
83 (49)
82 (49)
79 (51)
0.41
Female, (%)
30 (49)
27 (48)
84 (51)
80 (49)
84 (51)
83 (51)
76 (49)
0.43
Age (years)
0.32
CAD, (%)
0
17 (30)
83 (49)
81 (50)
84 (50)
82 (49)
77 (50)
0.41
Hypertension, (%)
0
15 (27)
35 (21)
54 (33)
60 (35)
54 (32)
47 (30)
0.07
Diabetes mellitus, (%)
0
10 (18)
33 (19)
30 (18)
33 (20)
32 (19)
30 (19)
0.12
History of stroke, (%)
0
0
9 (5)
8 (5)
7 (4)
8 (4)
9 (5)
0.06
Current smoking, (%)
0
6 (11)
42 (25)
29 (17)
40 (23)
29 (17)
40 (25)
0.07
Current drinking, (%)
0
0
9 (5)
11 (7)
9 (4)
12 (7)
9 (5)
0.06
Regular exercise, (%)
5 (8)
4 (7)
7 (4)
5 (3)
6 (3)
4 (2)
9 (6)
0.17
Myocardial infarction, (%)
0
0
0
0
0
0
11 (7)
0.14
Dizziness, (%)
0
0
6 (3)
3 (1)
4 (2)
7 (4)
4 (2)
0.10
Memory impairment, (%)
0
0
25 (15)
21 (13)
17 (10)
20 (12)
9 (6)
0.27
Amaurosis fugax, (%)
0
0
16 (9)
13 (8)
12 (7)
11 (6)
10 (6)
0.16
Cognitive impairment, (%)
0
0
10 (5)
7 (4)
6 (3)
8 (4)
7 (4)
0.09
Angina pectoris, (%)
0
0
0
0
0
0
20 (13)
0.14
CON: control; RCCAS: right common carotid artery stenosis; RECAS: right external carotid artery stenosis; RICAS: right internal carotid artery stenosis; CAD: coronary artery disease.
