Table 1

Baseline characteristics

OPG tertile 3 (%)nNOPG tertiles 1 and 2 (%)nNp Value
Randomisation group (ranolazine)48.4719148549.8148429780.37
Age ≥75 years30.144714859.92962978<0.001
Gender (male)59.1878148567.720172978<0.001
Race (Caucasian)96.71436148596.8288229780.89
BMI group
 BMI <25 kg/m224.6361146518.55452943<0.001
 BMI 25–<30 kg/m241.0600146543.612832943
 BMI ≥30 kg/m234.4504146537.911152943
Index diagnosis
 Unstable angina41.1611148553.115822978<0.001
 NSTEMI56.7842148544.113122978
 Other2.23214852.8842978
Increased glucose*7.9668365.411321120.009
History of diabetes42.4629148527.88272978<0.001
History of hypertension77.51145147873.1216529600.0018
History of dyslipidaemia63.5847133469.918992715<0.001
Current smoker19.6291148527.98292976<0.001
History of CHF23.3346148519.558229780.0036
Family history of CAD33.3443133042.912052812<0.001
Prior angina58.9847143859.8175529330.55
Prior myocardial infarction35.5521146636.0106229540.79
Prior PCI19.7291147520.861829650.39
Prior CABG13.1194148311.233229770.060
Creatinine clearance <60 ml/min33.2490147813.74072969<0.001
TIMI risk score<0.001
 0–217.2255148528.28392978
 3–453.7798148553.615972978
 ≥529.1432148518.25422978
Aspirin95.61420148596.8288229780.05
Clopidogrel65.3970148562.2185229780.041
Beta blocker89.71332148590.4269229780.46
ACE-I or ARB81.31208148576.8228629780.0005
Statin78.21162148579.0235229780.57
  • * Fasting glucose >7.0 mmol/l (126 mg/100 ml) or non-fasting glucose ≥11.1 mmol/l (200 mg/100 ml).

  • During hospitalisation or at discharge.

  • ACE-I, ACE inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; BMI, body mass index; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CAD, coronary artery disease; CHF, congestive heart failure; NSTEMI, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; OPG, osteoprotegerin; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TIMI, Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction.