Table 2b.
Clinical factors: Associations with dense calcium and necrotic core plaque compositions.
| Dense Calcium | Necrotic Core | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Factor | Vessel | Present | Absent | P-Value | Present | Absent | P-Value |
| Popliteal | 11.5±6.3 | 11.9±10.0 | 0.905 | 14.7±6.3 | 16.4±8.7 | 0.5 | |
| NIDDM | Tibials | 29.8±19.5 | 21.6±23.8 | 0.54 | 21.0±4.0 | 11.8±11.0 | 0.106 |
| Popliteal | 14.2±11.7 | 10.1±8.5 | 0.223 | 16.8±6.7 | 14.6±7.9 | 0.389 | |
| CRF | Tibials | 33.8±24.9 | 23.2±25.1 | 0.376 | 18.4±5.8 | 18.8±13.7 | 0.94 |
| Popliteal | 6.9±3.9 | 18.5±13.8 | 0.019 | 11.4±5.5 | 18.2±8.6 | 0.048 | |
| SMOKING | Tibials | 14.8±11.0 | 38.0±27.2 | 0.055 | 16.9±9.1 | 21.5±14.8 | 0.488 |
| Popliteal | 10.0±7.2 | 12.3±10.9 | 0.467 | 14.8±7.8 | 15.9±5.9 | 0.698 | |
| AGE>60 | Tibials | 26.3±24.0 | 30.0±23.1 | 0.743 | 18.3±10.7 | 19.8±9.0 | 0.767 |
| Popliteal | 11.9±10.7 | 11.3±9.8 | 0.847 | 15.2±5.7 | 15.6±8.9 | 0.884 | |
| Hyperlipidemia | Tibials | 24.9±22.2 | 30.0±25.3 | 0.603 | 21.7±11.8 | 15.2±6.6 | 0.12 |