Table 4. Serial Change in IVUS measures and calcium degree in overall patients and propensity-matched patients.
Overall patients |
Propensity matched patients |
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Caucasians (n=3309) | African-Americans (n=170) | P-value | Caucasians (n=417) | African-Americans (n=139) | P-value | ||
Atheroma volume (mm3)† | –3.06 (±1.66) | 0.51 (±2.14) | 0.01 | –3.71 (±1.69) | 0.13 (±2.10) | 0.02 | |
Percent atheroma volume (%)† | 0.3 (±0.22) | 0.36 (±0.30) | 0.91 | 0.35 (±0.20) | 0.39 (±0.28) | 0.86 | |
EEM volume (mm3)† | –13.64 (±2.58) | –5.79 (±4.03) | 0.01 | –13.41 (±3.43) | –7.59 (±4.61) | 0.18 | |
Lumen volume (mm3)† | –10.14 (± 1.04) | –6.46 (±2.63) | 0.14 | –9.62 (±1.87) | –8.03 (±3.02) | 0.63 | |
Calcium degree | |||||||
Baseline percentage of images containing calcium (%)† | 30.4 (±24.4) | 20.7 (±21.3) | <0.001 | 21.1 (±21.6) | 20.9 (±21.3) | 0.92 | |
Change in percentage of images containing calcium (%)# | 1.08 (±0.01) | 0.58 (±0.06) | <0.001 | 0.60 (±0.04) | 0.25 (±0.07) | <0.001 |
†, Values are least-square mean ± SE; #, Values are mean ± SD