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. 2023 Apr 14;14:100497. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpc.2023.100497

Table 3.

Baseline characteristics of high risk OSA/OSA vs. low risk OSA in CVD categories.

N = 2359
Plaque features Low risk High risk for OSA/OSA p-value
N 1559 800
Plaque characteristics by CCTA
 Any Plaque 678 (43.5%) 477 (59.6%) <0.001
 Noncalcified plaque 356 (22.8%) 278 (34.8%) <0.001
 Calcified plaque 454 (29.1%) 320 (40.0%) <0.001
 Predominantly noncalcified plaque 136 (8.7%) 105 (13.1%) <0.001
 Predominantly calcified plaque 189 (12.1%) 143 (17.9%) <0.001
Maximum Stenosis <0.001
 No stenosis/plaque 874 (56.4%) 320 (40.2%)
 1–49% stenosis 602 (38.8%) 410 (51.5%)
 50–69% stenosis 52 (3.4%) 45 (5.7%)
 ≥ 70% stenosis 22 (1.4%) 21 (2.6%)
Positive remodeling 64 (4.1%) 51 (6.4%) 0.015
Low attenuation plaque 36 (2.3%) 33 (4.1%) 0.013
Spotty calcification 32 (2.1%) 21 (2.6%) 0.37
Napkin ring 5 (0.3%) 6 (0.8%) 0.15
Presence of high-risk features 95 (6.1%) 70 (8.8%) 0.017
Number of high-risk features 0.087
No high-risk features 1464 (93.9%) 730 (91.2%)
 1 66 (4.2%) 41 (5.1%)
 2 18 (1.2%) 19 (2.4%)
 3 9 (0.6%) 8 (1.0%)
 4 2 (0.1%) 2 (0.2%)
Presence of ≥ 2 high-risk features in a vessel 27 (1.7%) 28 (3.5%) 0.007