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. 2023 Sep 9;9(9):e19974. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19974

Table 2.

Comparison of coronary lesion characteristics in the overall cohort stratified by lesion stenosis, and in the FFR-CT sub-group stratified by hemodynamic significance.

Overall CT cohort (N = 532), stratified by stenosis group
Less than 50% Stenosis (n = 435) Greater than or equal to 50% Stenosis (n = 97) p-value
Agatston calcification score 213.3 ± 420.9 1295.8 ± 1310.9 <0.001
Percentile rank 36.5 ± 33.6 76.9 ± 17.8 <0.001
Total atherosclerotic plaque volume (mm3) 219.6 ± 270.4 764.4 ± 468.9 <0.001
Percent atheroma volume 6.68 ± 6.6 21.23 ± 10.97 <0.001
Total calcified plaque (mm3) 88.4 ± 164.6 400.2 ± 351.9 <0.001
Total non-calcified plaque (mm3) 130.7 ± 146.1 366.4 ± 212.1 <0.001
Low density non-calcified plaque (mm3) 1.6 ± 2.7 5.6 ± 7.8 <0.001
Non-calcified plaque (mm3)
129.1 ± 144.9
360.8 ± 207.3
<0.001
FFR-CT sub-group (n = 121) by hemodynamic significance

Not hemodynamically significant (n = 66)
Hemodynamically significant (n = 55)
p-value
Agatston calcification score 540 ± 657 1353.3 ± 1324.1 <0.001
Percentile rank 64.8 ± 25.4 79.6 ± 13.4 <0.001
Total atherosclerotic plaque volume (mm3) 417.1 ± 396.2 770.8 ± 468.6 <0.001
Percent atheroma volume 11.99 ± 7.25 21.3 ± 10 <0.001
Total calcified plaque (mm3) 193 ± 209.9 425.6 ± 356.6 <0.001
Total non-calcified plaque (mm3) 219.1 ± 234.9 349.3 ± 198.8 0.001
Low density non-calcified plaque (mm3) 2.4 ± 3.9 4.5 ± 5.7 0.02
Non-calcified Plaque (mm3) 216.7 ± 233.5 344.7 ± 194.8 0.002