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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2012 May 31;223(2):365–371. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.05.023
Men Women P
Coronary artery n=54 n=14
 Phenotype
   VH-TCFA 16 (30) 6 (43) 0.60
   VH-ThCFA 9 (17) 3 (21)
   VH-PIT 11 (20) 1 (7)
   VH-FC 18 (33) 4 (29)
 Composition
   Fibrous plaque area (%) 56 [46,65] 52 [41,73] 0.83
   Fibro-fatty plaque area (%) 16 [11,28] 16 [11,32] 0.98
   Necrotic core plaque area (%) 16 [13,23] 14 [9,29] 0.56
   Dense calcium plaque area (%) 6 [2,12] 5 [1,10] 0.67
Carotid artery n=19 n=10
 Phenotype
   VH-TCFA 4 (21) 3 (30) 0.43
   VH-ThCFA 4 (21) 2 (20)
   VH-PIT 4 (21) 4 (40)
   VH-FC 7 (37) 1 (10)
 Composition
   Fibrous plaque area (%) 59 [50,62] 59 [56,69] 0.25
   Fibro-fatty plaque area (%) 25 [10,37] 18 [15,26] 0.60
   Necrotic core plaque area (%) 11 [9, 20] 15 [9, 21] 0.48
   Dense calcium plaque area (%) 3 [1,7] 2 [1,7] 0.51
Renal artery n=30 n=20
 Phenotype
   VH-TCFA 5 (17) 3 (15) 0.53
   VH-ThCFA 3 (10) 0 (0)
   VH-PIT 17 (57) 13 (65)
   VH-FC 5 (17) 4 (20)
 Composition
   Fibrous plaque area (%) 60 [50, 68] 59 [53, 64] 0.71
   Fibro-fatty plaque area (%) 25 [14,36] 26 [15,34] 0.80
   Necrotic core plaque area (%) 6 [4,15] 10 [4, 16] 0.60
   Dense calcium plaque area (%) 3 [0, 6] 4 [1, 9] 0.20
Iliac artery n=10 n=4
 Phenotype
   VH-TCFA 1 (10) 0 (0) 0.80
   VH-ThCFA 0 (0) 0 (0)
   VH-PIT 4 (40) 2 (50)
   VH-FC 5 (50) 2 (50)
 Composition
   Fibrous plaque area (%) 55 [35,60] 53 [35, 60] 0.73
   Fibro-fatty plaque area (%) 20 [13,36] 26 [9,49] 0.84
   Necrotic core plaque area (%) 16 [8, 24] 12 [10,20] 0.64
   Dense calcium plaque area (%) 11 [3, 15] 8 [6,12] 0.84

VH-TCFA indicates thin-capped fibroatheroma; VH-ThCFA, thick-capped fibroatheroma; VH-PIT, pathological intimal thickening; and VH-FC, fibrocalcific plaque.