Table 2.
Quantitative and qualitative coronary atherosclerosis disease analysis on coronary computed tomography angiography, stratified by EAT.
| EAT >76 mL (N = 177) |
EAT ≤76 mL (N = 535) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAD | 70 (39.5) | 57 (10.7) | <0.001 |
| Obstructive CAD | 7 (10) | 7 (12.3) | 0.902 |
| Total Plaque Volume, mm3 | 490.50 [374.41] | 327.91 [265.46] | 0.009 |
| Total NCP Volume, mm3 | 475.79 [354.9] | 316.97 [254.92] | 0.007 |
| Total LAP Volume, mm3 | 72.78 [60.70] | 41.06 [44.51] | 0.002 |
| Total CP Volume, mm3 | 14.70 [33.06] | 10.94 [17.09] | 0.452 |
| Total Plaque Burden,% | 40.08 ± 11.99 | 39.65 ± 10.45 | 0.836 |
| Total NCP Burden,% | 38.98 ± 11.83 | 38.01 ± 10.49 | 0.641 |
| Total LAP Burden,% | 6.33 ± 4.02 | 5.01 ± 3.35 | 0.061 |
| Total CP Burden,% | 1.10 ± 1.69 | 1.64 ± 3.18 | 0.248 |
| CAC (AU) | |||
| 0 | 125 (70.6) | 497 (92.9) | <0.001 |
| 1–10 | 21 (11.9) | 12 (2.2) | <0.001 |
| 11–100 | 24 (13.6) | 18 (3.4) | <0.001 |
| >100 | 7 (4.0) | 8 (1.5) | 0.095 |
| SIS | <0.001 | ||
| ≤ 2 | 38 (21.5) | 46 (8.6) | |
| 3 - 4 | 23 (13) | 28 (3.9) | |
| 5 - 7 | 7 (4) | 11 (1.5) | |
| ≥ 8 | 2 (1.1) | 3 (0.4) |
Values are presented as n (%); mean ± SD; median [IQR]. AU, angaston units; CAC, coronary artery calcium score; CAD, coronary artery disease; CCTA, coronary computed tomography angiography; CP, calcified plaque; EAT, epicardial adipose tissue; NCP, non-calcified plaque; LAP, low-attenuation plaque; SIS, segment involvement score.