| Characteristic | MRI/Aa (+) | MRI/Aa (−) | p value | SMDb |
| No. of patients | 181 | 181 |
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| Age (yr) | 70.0 ± 9.1 | 69.8 ± 9.8 | 0.841 | 0.021 |
| Octogenarian (%) | 13.3 | 12.2 | 0.875 | −0.030 |
| Male (%) | 81.2 | 77.3 | 0.437 | −0.098 |
| Hypertension (%) | 81.2 | 82.3 | 0.892 | −0.026 |
| Diabetes (%) | 55.8 | 54.1 | 0.833 | 0.040 |
| Hyperlipidemia (%) | 61.3 | 60.8 | 1.000 | 0.000 |
| Hemodialysis (%) | 8.3 | 8.3 | 1.000 | 0.000 |
| PAD (%)c | 17.1 | 14.9 | 0.668 | 0.054 |
| No. of CAD (%)d | 2.72 ± 0.57 | 2.69 ± 0.54 | 0.332 | −0.054 |
| LMT (%)e | 27.6 | 28.7 | 0.908 | −0.022 |
| LVEF < 40% (%) | 12.2 | 14.4 | 0.642 | −0.059 |
| Serum creatininef (mg/dl) | 1.02 ± 0.50 | 0.99 ± 0.35 | 0.356 | −0.067 |
| EuroSCORE | 6.48 ± 8.45 | 6.69 ± 6.53 | 0.462 | 0.029 |