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. 2013 Sep;3(3):161–169. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2013.08.05

Table 4. Serial Change in IVUS measures and calcium degree in overall patients and propensity-matched patients.

Overall patients
Propensity matched patients
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