Table 1 Baseline demographics

Patient Number (n)

816

1352

-

Age - Years (mean ± sd)

65.93 ± 10

66.16 ± 10

0.38

BMI - kg/m2 (mean ± sd)

29.27 ± 5

29.44 ± 5

0.21

Male No. (%)

664 (81.4)

1116 (82.5)

0.83

MI - No. (%)

433 (53)

667 (49.33)

0.34

Recent MI - No. (%)

343 (42)

546 (40.38)

0.63

Hypertension - No. (%)

634 (77.7)

1074 (79.44)

0.74

Diabetes - No. (%)

238 (29.2)

417 (30.84)

0.55

Renal Impairment - No. (%)

283 (34.7)

541 (40)

0.095

Ex-smoker – No. (%)

522 (64)

838 (62)

0.65

Euroscore II

0–4 (Low risk) – No. (%)

481 (58.94)

824 (60.95)

0.29

4–8 (Medium Risk) – No. (%)

213 (26.10)

312 (23.07)

0.22

≥ 8 (High risk) – No. (%)

122 (14.95)

216 (15.98)

0.59

LVEF- No. (%)

> 30%

782

1313

0.83

< 30%

34

39

0.12