Table 1:

Patient characteristics

	Unmatched Cohort			Matched Cohort
	Near-Occlusion (n = 84 Patients)	Control Group (n = 460 Patients)	P Value	Near-Occlusion (n = 84 Patients)	Control Group (n = 168 Patients)	P Value
Age (mean) (yr)	70.3 (SD, 9.7)	68.6 (SD, 8.3)	.091	70.3 (SD, 9.7)	70.2 (SD, 7.7)	.943
Men	68%	65%	.620	68%	64%	.576
Current smokers	43%	40%	.629	43%	37%	.411
Arterial hypertension	88%	88%	1.000	88%	88%	1.000
Total plasma cholesterol level (mean) (mmol/L)	4.4 (SD, 1.1)	4.2 (SD, 1.0)	.126	4.4 (SD, 1.1)	4.4 (SD, 1.1)	.664
LDL cholesterol level (mean) (mmol/L)	2.6 (SD, 0.9)	2.4 (SD, 0.8)	.171	2.6 (SD, 0.9)	2.5 (SD, 0.9)	.629
HDL cholesterol level (mean) (mmol/L)	1.06 (SD, 0.31)	1.09 (SD, 0.33)	.695	1.06 (SD, 0.31)	1.09 (SD, 0.33)	.659
Plasma triglyceride level (mean) (mmol/L)	1.93 (SD, 1.2)	1.8 (SD, 1.1)	.638	1.93 (SD, 1.2)	1.78 (SD, 1.0)	.614
CRP level (median) (IQR) (mg/L)	3.6 (1.1–8.6)	2.3 (0.8–5.5)	.008	3.6 (1.1–8.6)	2.1 (0.9–4.9)	.010
Body mass index (mean)	28.6 (SD, 4.8)	28.1 (SD, 4.4)	.483	28.6 (SD, 4.8)	28.0 (SD, 4.1)	.540
Diabetes	33%	42%	.184	33%	37%	.676
Chronic kidney disease	27%	22%	.324	27%	24%	.644
Chronic bronchopulmonary disease	14%	13%	.723	14%	15%	1.000
Peripheral arterial disease	32%	39%	.271	32%	33%	.888
Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction	15%	11%	.320	15%	11%	.374
Previous coronary artery bypass	20%	18%	.649	20%	17%	.490
Need for heart surgery within 30 days	5%	9%	.281	5%	10%	.224
Previous myocardial infarction	24%	28%	.506	24%	30%	.302
Previous percutaneous coronary artery intervention	23%	32%	.094	23%	24%	.876
Known multivessel coronary artery disease	39%	40%	1.000	39%	35%	.490
Previous stroke	37%	30%	.252	37%	40%	.683
Ipsilateral cerebral ischemic symptoms in the past month	37%	21%	.003	37%	33%	.577
Ipsilateral cerebral ischemic symptoms in the past 6 months (ie, symptomatic stenosis)	45%	29%	.005	45%	46%	.894
Patients with ≥1 risk factors for endarterectomy^a	82%	80%	.766	82%	82%	1.000

Note:—IQR indicates interquartile range; CRP, C-reactive protein.
↵a One of the following: left ventricle ejection fraction of ≤40%, chronic bronchopulmonary disease, prior myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass grafts, or age 75 years or older.