title: [Coronary artery lesion comparison between Chinese and Australian patients with coronary artery disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare coronary lesion characteristics by coronary angiography (CAG) between yellows and whites.
  
  
  METHODS
  CAG results of 3021 Chinese patients, defined as yellows, from Nanjing and 3230 Australian patients, defined as whites, from Sydney were analyzed. The coronary artery lesion was evaluated by the number and location of coronary lesion and Gensini scores.
  
  
  RESULTS
  (1) Coronary stenosis was diagnosed in 69.4% Chinese patients and 75.5% in Australians. The involved coronary arteries were left anterior descending branch, right coronary artery, left circumflex branch and left main coronary artery in a descending order in both Chinese and Australians. (2) The incidences of three-vessel disease and left main disease of yellows were significantly lower than that of whites in both male (29.8% vs. 34.0% and 9.6% vs. 14.2%) and female patients (15.8% vs. 26.2% and 4.9% vs. 11.6%) respectively, all P < 0.05. (3) There was an age-dependent Gensini scores increase in both yellows and whites patients and Gensini scores at age 40 and more of whites were significantly higher than those of yellows in comparable age groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidences of three-vessel disease and left main disease as well as Gensini score were significantly higher in Australian patients than those of Chinese patients.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Command, Nanjing, China. wwwjiangshisen@sina.com
authors: Shi-Sen
authors: SS
authors: Jiang
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Lü
authors: Crag
authors: C
authors: Juergens
authors: Jian-Bin
authors: JB
authors: Gong
authors: Li-Jun
authors: LJ
authors: Wang
authors: Yong-Ping
authors: YP
authors: Peng
authors: Dong-Jin
authors: DJ
authors: Xu
authors: Zhe-Yong
authors: ZY
authors: Huang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult