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Table 2 Associations between carotid plaque morphological metrics and prior coronary events

From: Incremental value of carotid intraplaque hemorrhage for discriminating prior coronary events

 

Unadjusted

Adjustedb

 

OR (95 % CI)a

p value

OR (95 % CI)a

p value

Maximum wall thickness

1.4 (1.0, 2.0)

0.034

1.4 (1.0, 2.0)

0.092

Maximum percent wall area

1.4 (1.0, 2.0)

0.030

1.4 (0.9, 1.9)

0.105

Percent wall volume

1.8 (1.2, 2.5)

0.002

1.7 (1.2, 2.6)

0.005

  1. aData are presented as odds ratios per 1-SD higher values
  2. bAdjusted for clinical risk factors (age, gender, smoking status, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus and statin use)
  3. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; SD = standard deviation