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Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2011 Jul 21;219(1):184–190. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.07.022

Table 1.

Distribution by age group, risk factors and microscopic AHA lesion type in the thoracic aorta and left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD).

Risk Factors & AHA Lesion Type	Group	Thoracic Aorta (N=1013)	LAD (N=1009)
Age	15–24	521	492
Age	25–34	492	517

Ethnicity	Black	571	547
Ethnicity	White	442	462

Gender	Male	756	754
Gender	Female	257	255

Smoker	Non smoker	592	593
Smoker	Smoker	421	416

Hypertension	No	947	946
Hypertension	Yes	66	63

HDL-C ≤ 35 mg/dL	No	826	822
HDL-C ≤ 35 mg/dL	Yes	187	187

Non-HDL-C ≥ 130 mg/dL	No	516	510
Non-HDL-C ≥ 130 mg/dL	Yes	497	499

Hyperglycemia	No	971	969
Hyperglycemia	Yes	42	40

AHA Lesion Type	0	261	511
	1	82	177
	2	659	190
	3	10	70
	4	0	34
	5	1	27