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Table 2 Baseline Characteristics of Stress Testing and Cardiac Imaging Measures by Events/Gender

From: Asymptomatic myocardial ischemia forecasts adverse events in cardiovascular magnetic resonance dobutamine stress testing of high-risk middle-aged and elderly individuals

  Women Men
No CV events CV events p-value No CV events CV events p-value
(n = 177) (n = 22) (n = 112) (n = 16)
Resting Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) 141 ± 17 150 ± 25 0.11 140 ± 17 148 ± 16 0.17
Resting Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) 77 ± 10 83 ± 11 0.16 82 ± 11 84 ± 10 0.61
Resting Heat rate (beats/minute) 67 ± 11 66 ± 13 0.80 63 ± 11 69 ± 11 0.13
Peak Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) 126 ± 23 126 ± 31 0.98 129 ± 15.8 126 ± 19.5 0.79
Peak Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) 64.9 ± 13.2 63.4 ± 18.3 0.84 75 ± 17 76 ± 16 0.85
Peak stress Heat rate (beats/minute) 126 ± 14 117 ± 20 0.04 125 ± 17 124 ± 11 0.95
Rate pressure product (mmHg-bpm) 15,923 ± 3437 14,897 ± 4376 0.38 16,133 ± 3740 15,813 ± 2984 0.82
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (%) 66 ± 7 63 ± 9 0.23 61 ± 8 60 ± 11 0.55
Left Ventricular End Diastolic Volume (ml/m2) 59 ± 15 59 ± 17 0.96 64 ± 14 69 ± 15 0.13
Left Ventricular End Systolic Volume (ml/m2) 20 ± 7 23 ± 13 0.32 25 ± 10 30 ± 12 0.026
Left Ventricular Stroke Volume (ml/m^2) 38 ± 8 36 ± 7 0.73 39 ± 9 39 ± 9 0.97
Left Ventricular Mass (g/m2) 61 ± 11 66 ± 9 0.08 72 ± 14 80 ± 12 0.17
Left Ventricular Inducible Wall Motion Abnormality, n (%) 18 (10%) 2 (9%) 0.87 12 (10%) 9 (56%) < 0.001
Left Ventricular Stress-induced Perfusion Defect (%; of those who received contrast) 31 (27%) 6 (37%) 0.40 15 (19%) 8 (62%) 0.001
Myocardial ischemia (Wall Motion or Perfusion; out of all participants without known CAD) 39 (22%) 7 (32%) 0.32 22 (20%) 11 (69%) < 0.001
  1. Baseline stress test and imaging characteristics stratified by gender. Mean ± Standard Deviation or number (percent). A p-value < 0.05 indicates statistical significance. CV cardiovascular