Table 1

Baseline patient characteristics according to Glycoprotein IIIa (GP IIIa) polymorphism


GP IIIa A1/A2 genotype



A1/A1
(n = 690)
A1/A2
(n = 248)
A2/A2
(n = 25)
p

Demographic characteristics




     Male sex (%)
80.9
82.7
64
0.077
     Age (mean ± SD, years)
64.4 ± 11.2
64.4 ± 11.4
66.2 ± 10.3
0.717
     Age ≥ 65 years (%)
53.9
51.6
64
0.470
Medical history




     Hypertension (%)
42.0
43.1
32
0.560
     Diabetes mellitus (%)
12.3
14.1
12
0.763
     Hypercholesterolemia (%)
51.6
50.4
56
0.512
     Past or current smokers (%)
50.6
53.2
40
0.417
     Body Mass Index>25 (kg/m2) (%)
63.5
66.1
52
0.293
     Family history of CAD (%)
27.8
29.8
24
0.755
     Prior MI (%)
31.2
30.2
28
0.915
     Prior PCI (%)
13.0
15.3
0
0.065
     Prior CABG (%)
10
8.1
0
0.204
Indication for PCI




     Stable angina (%)
14.3
18.1
16
0.752
     Unstable angina (%)
38.3
35.9
28

     Acute MI (%)
29.3
27.0
32

     Post MI (%)
11.4
12.1
16

     Other (%)
4.5
5.2
8

Angiographic characteristics




     LVEF < 40% (%)
15.7
16.1
8
0.716
     Single vessel disease (%)
45.4
42.7
32
0.576
     Two-vessel disease (%)
32.2
35.5
36

     Three-vessel disease (%)
22.5
21.8
32

Therapy at inclusion




     ACE inhibitor (%)
32.3
33.1
44
0.481
     Beta-blocker (%)
56.1
56.0
80
0.060
     Statin (%)
35.2
33.5
32
0.864

ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CAD, coronary artery disease; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.

Le Hello et al. Thrombosis Journal 2007 5:19   doi:10.1186/1477-9560-5-19