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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2010 Jun 8;43(13):2530–2538. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.05.018

Table 6.

Mean flow shear stress (FSS) values of lipid core, calcification, loose matrix and normal wall nodes for the 47 plaques studied. P-values are for comparison between the component nodes and normal nodes. n= number of nodes. Unit: dyn/cm2.

Case Total
Pts		 Lipid Ca Loose Matrix Normal NWI
FSS n p FSS n p FSS n p FSS n
P1 900 54.5 74 .000 35.3 58 .000 0.0 0 .000 70.0 768 0.63
P2 400 74.1 46 .382 66.0 64 .475 0.0 0 .000 69.3 290 0.66
P3 400 80.9 55 .578 0.0 0 .000 101.4 23 .056 84.4 322 0.76
P4 900 86.6 109 .000 21.7 19 .003 81.4 18 .000 46.7 754 0.73
P5 900 53.7 81 .027 0.0 0 .000 0.0 0 .000 43.5 819 0.84
P6 400 96.9 35 .000 0.0 0 .000 97.2 7 .001 66.2 358 0.63
P7 400 65.7 9 .828 0.0 0 .000 0.0 0 .000 63.7 391 0.64
P8 800 102.2 9 .000 92.3 48 .000 82.3 60 .000 62.7 683 0.69
P9 900 121.3 35 .000 102.9 73 .000 39.1 28 .173 47.6 764 0.71
P10 800 0.0 0 .000 77.1 25 .001 55.2 50 .230 59.6 725 0.58
P11 800 0.0 0 .000 58.8 46 .314 70.4 57 .000 55.2 697 0.68
P12 800 0.0 0 .000 73.0 37 .000 101.4 18 .000 56.7 745 0.66
P13 800 0.0 0 .000 89.3 27 .000 118.1 18 .000 49.4 755 0.70
P14 600 48.0 175 .000 53.0 10 .000 6.2 16 .242 7.9 399 0.82
P15 600 40.5 87 .000 48.0 10 .000 14.1 28 .125 17.6 475 0.75
P16 600 45.4 60 .000 56.7 18 .000 18.4 108 .389 16.7 414 0.83
P17 700 91.3 139 .000 31.7 41 .001 0.0 0 .000 52.4 520 0.78
P18 700 91.8 156 .000 31.3 55 .000 0.0 0 .000 69.5 489 0.77
P19 800 77.5 135 .000 32.1 59 .003 0.0 0 .000 48.0 606 0.79
P20 600 55.1 106 .052 11.4 15 .000 88.4 21 .000 48.4 458 0.79
P21 1000 72.7 64 .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 0 .000 25.8 936 0.72
P22 1000 95.2 47 .000 24.4 14 .691 0.0 0 .000 27.4 939 0.75
P23 1000 99.5 24 .000 118.8 15 .000 0.0 0 .000 26.6 961 0.82
P24 900 65.3 22 .000 40.5 137 .079 0.0 0 .000 36.4 741 0.73
P25 900 55.2 45 .000 45.9 209 .016 23.1 20 .001 41.2 626 0.70
P26 800 48.1 18 .000 34.3 163 .000 0.0 0 .000 28.4 619 0.74
P27 800 29.9 117 .000 28.8 146 .000 11.7 41 .000 16.1 496 0.69
P28 800 25.8 307 .000 26.2 102 .000 0.0 0 .000 13.9 391 0.71
P29 800 23.0 344 .000 24.0 134 .000 14.0 13 .225 11.7 309 0.80
P30 800 112.7 170 .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 0 .000 48.0 630 0.86
P31 900 80.0 142 .000 68.5 25 .018 58.7 12 .522 52.4 721 0.86
P32 900 61.7 172 .000 88.0 27 .000 0.0 0 .000 46.5 701 0.84
P33 900 56.1 203 .000 60.4 15 .000 0.0 0 .000 37.4 682 0.92
P34 700 0.0 0 .000 29.9 80 .001 0.0 0 .000 24.8 620 0.70
P35 800 0.0 0 .000 28.4 170 .000 0.0 0 .000 35.0 630 0.71
P36 800 0.0 0 .000 25.6 133 .017 0.0 0 .000 29.2 667 0.70
P37 800 0.0 0 .000 32.8 163 .017 0.0 0 .000 30.6 637 0.74
P38 700 54.1 22 .329 26.3 37 .000 0.0 0 .000 60.0 641 0.55
P39 700 46.7 149 .000 53.7 33 .581 20.3 19 .000 56.4 499 0.63
P40 700 83.5 58 .000 21.3 33 .000 26.0 5 .055 48.3 604 0.74
P41 900 88.0 100 .000 0.0 0 .000 24.3 44 .000 42.3 756 0.76
P42 900 45.6 93 .000 21.1 11 .038 55.2 66 .000 35.4 730 0.77
P43 900 48.5 117 .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 0 .000 35.6 783 0.78
P44 800 63.1 423 .000 55.2 72 .001 44.9 50 .000 81.5 255 0.91
P45 800 65.3 365 .164 106.1 68 .000 46.2 111 .005 58.9 256 0.94
P46 800 78.3 434 .000 101.4 45 .004 54.4 214 .000 131.4 107 0.96
P47 800 71.7 547 .001 65.1 69 .003 0.0 0 .000 80.8 184 0.94
Total 36400 63.5 5294 .000 45.2 2506 .028 49.3 1047 .000 43.7 27553 0.75