Review Article

Flow-Mediated Dilatation in the Assessment of Coronary Heart Disease: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Clinical data of patients with CHD and controls in included studies.

StudyCountryCHDControlPop (n)Man (%)Age (mean) (years)Hypertension (%)Diabetes (%)CAD (%)Smoking (%)
CHDControlCHDControlCHDControlCHDControlCHDControl

Maciej K (10)PolandCADNo CAD65050.350.26661441525247539
Kyoung HP (11)KoreaCADNo CAD41376.559.458.156.952.926.922.213.81537.725.5
Rui H (12)ChinaCADHealthy13570.362.454.962.534.820.38.7NANA37.320.2
Yoshifumi O (13)JapanCADHealthy33NA61.364.7NANANANANANA5640
Sergey K (14)RussiaCADHealthy781004343417NANA80NA8652
Stefan A (15)SwedenCADHealthy33NA5753NANANANANANA4812
Ibrahim A (16)TurkeyCADHealthy5610052.549.69NANA360NANA7786
Anil N (17)CanadaCADHealthy201005638100200NANA300
Micheal S (18)IsraelCADHealthy1108360554836246NANA1714

CHD: coronary heart disease. CAD: coronary artery disease.