From: Incremental value of carotid intraplaque hemorrhage for discriminating prior coronary events
Negative (n = 93) | Positive (n = 66) | p value | |
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Clinical characteristics | |||
Age, years | 69.3 ± 8.9 | 70.2 ± 9.2 | 0.52 |
Male sex | 75 (81) | 59 (89) | 0.19 |
Smoker | 79 (85) | 61 (92) | 0.22 |
Hypertension | 68 (73) | 54 (82) | 0.25 |
Hypercholesterolemia | 65 (70) | 61 (92) | 0.001 |
Diabetes mellitus | 25 (27) | 18 (27) | 0.99 |
Statin use | 48 (52) | 54 (82) | <0.001 |
Imaging characteristics | |||
Maximum wall thickness, mm | 4.1 ± 1.4 | 4.6 ± 1.7 | 0.035 |
Maximum percent wall area | 71.5 ± 13.4 | 76.0 ± 11.0 | 0.028 |
Percent wall volume | 60.2 ± 10.1 | 65.4 ± 8.9 | 0.003 |
% calcification | 3.9 ± 5.0 | 5.5 ± 6.5 | 0.098 |
% lipid-rich necrotic core | 9.2 ± 11.1 | 12.8 ± 12.6 | 0.13 |
% fibrous tissue | 84.6 ± 11.0 | 78.7 ± 11.9 | 0.003 |
Presence of IPH | 14 (15) | 21 (32) | 0.019 |