Table 1

Characteristics of patients at baseline

	Paclitaxel-coated balloon plus EPC stent	EPC stent alone	p Value
No. of patients	62	58
Age (years)	66.3±14.4	63.3±17.9	0.43
Male sex	44 (71.0%)	37 (63.8%)	0.40
Cardiac risk factor
Diabetes mellitus	16 (25.8%)	15 (25.9%)	0.99
Arterial hypertension	53 (85.5%)	53 (91.4%)	0.31
Hyperlipidaemia	37 (59.7%)	36 (62.1%)	0.79
History of smoking	26 (41.9%)	26 (44.8%)	0.75
Renal insufficiency	9 (14.5%)	3 (5.2%)	0.13
Body mass index (kg/m²)	28.6±4.0	28.5±4.1	0.89
Prior bypass surgery	3 (4.8%)	2 (3.4%)	1.0
Clinical characteristic
Stable angina	47 (75.8%)	42 (72.4%)	0.67
Unstable angina	15 (24.2%)	16 (27.6%)	0.67
Target-vessel location
Left anterior descending artery	15 (24.2%)	21 (36.2%)	0.15
Left circumflex artery	20 (32.3%)	12 (20.7%)	0.15
Right coronary artery	27 (43.6%)	25 (43.1%)	0.96