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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Achieving low radiation dose and contrast agents dose in coronary CT angiography at 60-kVp ultra-low tube voltage

 

Conventional group (n = 52)

Low-dose group (n = 55)

t-value/χ2

P-value

Age

63.46 ± 9.729

64.47 ± 11.883

-0.480

0.632

Male/Female

24/28

23/32

0.204

0.652

BMI (kg/m2)

22.71 ± 2.403

22.59 ± 2.228

0.259

0.796

Heart rate (beats/minute)

79.36 ± 13.049

78.02 ± 13.841

0.493

0.623

Coronary dominance

   

0.485

 Right-sided

50

52

  

 Left-sided

1

3

  

 Codominant

1

0

  

CAD-RADS score

   

0.184

 0

18

15

  

 1

9

3

  

 2

9

18

  

 3

10

11

  

 4 A

4

7

  

 4B

2

1

  

Cardiovascular risk factors

   

0.422

Hypertension, n

21

25

  

Diabetes mellitus, n

8

8

  

Hyperlipidemia, n

8

4

  

hepatic adipose infiltration, n

5

2

  
  1. Notes: BMI, body mass index; CAD-RADS, Coronary Artery Disease-Reporting and Data System. Coronary dominance, CAD-RADS score, and Cardiovascular risk factors data were conducted using Fisher’s exact test