Baseline characteristics
| Hypertension defined as systolic blood pressure > 150 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure > 90 mm Hg. Hypercholesterolaemia defined as serum cholesterol > 5.2 mM. | |
| LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery. | |
| Mean age (range) (years) | 61 (46–77) |
| Male (%) | 87 |
| Diameter stenosis (%) (mean (SD)) | 91 (3) |
| Proximal LAD/mid LAD (%) | 62/38 |
| Hypertension (%) | 40 |
| Hypercholesterolaemia (%) | 66 |
| History of smoking (%) | 43 |