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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Jun 25.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024 Aug 14;17(12):1445–1459. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2024.06.015

TABLE 2.

Coronary Atherosclerosis Quantification at Baseline According to Polygenic Risk Group

Polygenic Risk
Overall
(N = 288)
Low
(n = 58)
Intermediate
(n = 172)
High
(n = 58)
P Value
Total plaque volume, mm3 126.3 (30.48–351.1) 46.4 (12.4–197.4) 128.5 (29.2–330.9) 286.6 (86.6–530.7) <0.001
Noncalcified plaque volume, mm3 88.6 (27.4–233.4) 43.4 (11.4–107.8) 94.3 (25.1–213.5) 187.0 (58.9–312.8) <0.001
Calcified plaque volume, mm3 21.7 (0.0–105.6) 2.5 (0.0–63.9) 15.6 (0.0–92.5) 73.5 (18.6–225.8) <0.001
Percent atheroma volume, % 4.9 (1.1–13.0) 1.9 (0.5–8.1) 4.7 (1.0–11.2) 10.4 (3.2–18.9) <0.001
Percent noncalcified plaque volume, % 3.4 (1.1–8.2) 1.7 (0.5–4.9) 3.4 (1.0–7.9) 6.4 (2.0–11.6) <0.001
Percent calcified plaque volume, % 0.8 (0.0–4.0) 0.1 (0.0–2.9) 0.7 (0.0–3.9) 2.8 (0.7–7.5) <0.001
Presence of high-risk plaque 111 (39) 14 (24) 66 (38) 31 (53) 0.005
Presence of obstructive stenosis 104 (36) 10 (17) 64 (37) 30 (52) 0.001
CAD-RADS score 0.003
 0 10 (3.5) 3 (5.2) 7 (4.1) 0 (0)
 1 130 (45) 35 (60) 77 (45) 18 (31)
 2 44 (15) 10 (17) 24 (14) 10 (17)
 3 38 (13) 4 (6.9) 19 (11) 15 (26)
 4 or 5 66 (23) 6 (10) 45 (26) 15 (26)

Values are median (Q1-Q3) or n (%).

CAD-RADS = Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System.