Table 3. The correlations between the morphologic features and FEA-derived parameters.
| Variables | Value | Average stress | Maximal stress | Average displacement | Maximal displacement | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | P value | R | P value | R | P value | R | P value | |||||
| Lumen area (mm2) | 5.72±1.92 | 0.868† | <0.05 | 0.289 | 0.003 | 0.688 | <0.05 | 0.482 | <0.05 | |||
| Wall area (mm2) | 9.96±3.51 | −0.71† | <0.05 | 0.028 | 0.781 | −0.25 | 0.011 | 0.036 | 0.722 | |||
| NWI | 0.67±0.14 | −0.95† | <0.05 | −0.25 | 0.012 | −0.61 | <0.05 | −0.35 | <0.05 | |||
| MWT (mm) | 1.30±0.50 | −0.87† | <0.05 | −0.08 | 0.422 | −0.44 | <0.05 | −0.17 | 0.088 | |||
| Plaque area (mm2) | 1.78±1.45 | −0.66 | <0.05 | 0.434 | <0.05 | 0.235 | 0.017 | 0.407 | <0.05 | |||
| MPT (mm) | 0.63±0.39 | −0.62 | <0.05 | 0.484 | <0.05 | 0.131 | 0.188 | 0.353 | <0.05 | |||
| Plaque angle (°) | 120.00±58.00 | −0.28 | 0.004 | 0.112 | 0.26 | 0.171 | 0.083 | 0.1 | 0.317 | |||
| FCTmin (mm) | 0.24±0.19 | −0.04 | 0.662 | −0.91† | <0.05 | −0.66 | <0.05 | −0.73† | <0.05 | |||
| FCTave (mm) | 0.35±0.22 | −0.21 | 0.034 | −0.81† | <0.05 | −0.79† | <0.05 | −0.82† | <0.05 | |||
Continuous and normal data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation; continuous and non-normal data are presented as the median ± interquartile range. †, the correlation coefficient of morphological and FEA-derived parameters is >0.7. FEA, finite-element analysis; NWI, normalized wall index; MWT, maximal wall thickness; MPT, maximal plaque thickness; FCTmin, minimum fibrous cap thickness; FCTave, average fibrous cap thickness.