Characteristic

MRI/Aa (+)

MRI/Aa (−)

p value

SMDb

No. of patients

181

181

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