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. 2009 Dec;4(12):1892–1900. doi: 10.2215/CJN.04320709

Table 3.

Coronary artery intimal plaque calcification

The Percentage of Patients with Intimal Calcification (%)
Patients without CKD Patients with CKD1/2 Patients with CKD3 Patients with CKD4/5 Patients with CKD5D
Right coronary artery, proximal 20 47 58a 56a 78a
Right coronary artery, distal 7 27 29 44b 78b,c,d
Left main coronary artery 33 53 50 50 96b
Left anterior descending coronary artery, proximal 40 40 73b,c 69b,c 87b,c
Left anterior descending coronary artery, distal 7 27 23 25 91b,c,d,e
Left circumflex coronary artery, proximal 53 40 58 88a,c 83a,c
Left circumflex coronary artery, distal 27 13 33 44a,c 61a,c,d

Versus without CKD:

a

P <0.05,

b

P <0.01. Versus CKD1/2:

c

P <0.05.

Versus CKD3:

d

P <0.05. Versus CKD4/5:

e

P <0.05.