Table 2.

Percentages of fatty, fibrous or calcified plaque components with visual adjustment of color maps versus HU-based analysis

	DSCT		IVUS-VH
	Visual analysis	HU-based analysis
Fatty component (%)	46.0±8.0; P=0.0001 15.2; CI 23 to 10 r=0.12	33.9±6.8; P=0.49 3.7; CI −3 to 5 r=0.32	30.3±5.1
Fibrous component (%)	44.7±9.3; P=0.004 −10.0; CI −4 to −18 r=0.31	50.1±11.4; P=0.09 −5.6; CI −12 to 1 r=0.43	55.9±11.7
Calcified component (%)	9.3±9.7; P=0.07 −4.5; CI −9 to 0.3 r=0.56	16.0±13.6; P=0.75 2.2; CI −7 to 10 r=0.11	13.8±8.2

P-values refer to comparison with IVUS. The deviation of means is expressed by bias and confidence interval (CI); the degree of correlation with IVUS-VH is given as the Pearson’s correlation coefficient