Baseline demographic, clinical, and angiographic characteristics of the global population and according to rapamycin blood concentration
| Overall | Rapamycin concentration | p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⩾8 ng/ml | <8 ng/ml | |||
| ACC, American College of Cardiology; AHA, American Heart Association; AMI, acute myocardial infarction; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; LCX, left circumflex artery; LMCA, left main coronary artery; NS, not significant; RCA, right coronary artery. | ||||
| Patients | n = 76 | n = 44 | n = 32 | |
| Women | 6 (8%) | 2 (4.5%) | 4 (12.5%) | NS |
| Hypertension | 47 (62%) | 23 (52%) | 24 (75%) | NS |
| High cholesterol | 47 (62%) | 28 (64%) | 19 (59%) | NS |
| Diabetes | 15 (20%) | 5 (11.3%) | 10 (31%) | NS |
| Current smoking | 18 (24%) | 124 (27%) | 6 (19%) | NS |
| Previous AMI | 17 (22.3%) | 10 (23%) | 7 (22%) | NS |
| Unstable angina IIB, IIIB, C | 52 (68.4%) | 29 (66%) | 24 (75%) | NS |
| Arteries | n = 103 | n = 58 | n = 45 | |
| ACC/AHA morphology | ||||
| Type A | 16 (16%) | 8 (14%) | 8 (18%) | NS |
| Type B1 | 28 (27%) | 15 (26%) | 13 (29%) | NS |
| Type B2 | 29 (28%) | 17 (29%) | 12 (27%) | NS |
| Type C | 30 (29%) | 18(31%) | 12 (27%) | NS |
| LMCA | 6 (6%) | 4 (7%) | 2 (4.4%) | NS |
| LAD | 57 (55%) | 32 (55%) | 25 (56%) | NS |
| LCX | 23 (22%) | 12 (21%) | 12 (27%) | NS |
| RCA | 17 (17%) | 10 (17%) | 6 (13%) | NS |