Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	White plaque group (n = 5)	Yellow plaque group (n = 14)	Intensive yellow, ruptured plaquegroup (with ulceration and/or thrombus) (n = 6)	P
Age (years)	69 ± 11	68 ± 11	71 ± 10	0.820
Male [n (%)]	3 (60)	13 (92)	4 (67)	0.468
LAD/LCx/RCA [n (%)]	2 (40)/1 (20)/2 (40)	5 (36)/5 (36)/4 (28)	3 (50)/1 (17)/2 (33)	0.973
Body mass index	22.7 ± 4.0	24.1 ± 4.9	22.1 ± 3.1	0.620
Hypertension [n (%)]	3 (60)	12 (86)	3 (50)	0.213
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	127 ± 5	154 ± 23	138 ± 21	0.102
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	74 ± 21	77 ± 9	69 ± 10	0.372
Current smoking [n (%)]	0 (0)	1 (7)	1 (17)	0.697
Dyslipidemia [n (%)]	2 (40)	10 (71)	2 (33)	0.227
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	68 ± 24	103 ± 45	117 ± 20	0.230
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	63 ± 17	62 ± 20	61 ± 12	0.917
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	109 ± 42	133 ± 85	165 ± 80	0.573
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	154 ± 21	191 ± 50	211 ± 31	0.178
Diabetes [n (%)]	0 (0)	4 (29)	5 (83)	0.010
HbA1c (%)	5.2 ± 0.4	5.6 ± 0.9	7.7 ± 1.9*	0.002

Data are given as n (%) or mean ± SD

HDL: high-density lipoprotein, LDL: low-density lipoprotein

* P < 0.01 versus white plaque group and yellow plaque group