Table 3. Characteristics of patients aged < 50 years and ≥ 50 years with or without at least one > 50% coronary stenotic plaque according to CCTA.
| < 50 years old | ≥ 50 years old | |||||
| Without > 50% stenosis | With > 50% stenosis | Without > 50% stenosis | With > 50% stenosis | |||
| (n = 36) | (n = 10) | p-value | (n = 67) | (n = 43) | p-value | |
| Age (y) | 43.6 ± 6.2 | 47.5 ± 2.5 | 0.06 | 60.2 ± 7.5 | 64.3 ± 10.7 | 0.03 |
| Men/women | 42610 | 42584 | 1 | 34/33 | 11994 | 0.02 |
| Hypertension (%) | 06 (%) | 1 (10%) | 1 | 23 (%) | 16 (%) | 0.84 |
| Dyslipidemia (%) | 14 (%) | 4 (40%) | 1 | 23 (%) | 15 (%) | 1 |
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus (%) | 4 (%) | 2 (20%) | 0.6 | 5 (%) | 4 (%) | 0.74 |
| Smoking (%) | 7 (%) | 4 (40%) | 0.22 | 7 (15.6%) | 16 (18.8%) | 0.21 |
| Statin usage (%) | 6 (%) | 1 (10%) | 1 | 25 (%) | 15 (%) | 0.84 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24.8 ± 3.8 | 25.4 ± 2.6 | < .001 | 24.3 ± 3.3 | 25.2 ± 2.8 | 0.25 |
| Pulse pressure (mmHg) | 49.3 ± 9.4 | 51.8 ± 9.3 | 0.45 | 53.8 ± 11.1 | 61.2 ± 12.2 | 0.002 |
| Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) | 82.3 ± 18.7 | 96.4 ± 37.1 | 0.16 | 81.8 ± 15.4 | 78.0 ± 15.8 | 0.23 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 218.1 ± 34.2 | 217.5 ± 38.1 | 0.3 | 219.3 ± 37.7 | 215.6 ± 39.7 | 0.63 |
| Total triglyceride (mg/dL) | 180.7 ± 114.7 | 160.8 ± 37.4 | 0.61 | 135.1 ± 78.1 | 177.5 ± 107.5 | 0.02 |
| Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL) | 137.3 ± 29.1 | 145.2 ± 31.3 | 0.49 | 150.4 ± 38.3 | 139.2 ± 39.5 | 0.16 |
| High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL) | 41.5 ± 13.3 | 48.9 ± 11.1 | 0.14 | 42.8 ± 13.6 | 40.9 ± 13.0 | 0.48 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.1 ± 0.2 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.01 | 1.1 ± 0.2 | 1.1 ± 0.2 | 0.25 |
| High sensitive C-reactive protein (mg/dL) | 0.2 ± 0.2 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.67 | 0.1 ± 0.4 | 0.2 ± 0.3 | 0.62 |
| ASI | 54.9 ± 16.4 | 53.2 ± 14.2 | 0.74 | 58.7 ± 20.3 | 74.1 ± 35.7 | 0.005 |
| Calcium artery score | 8.7 ± 35.1 | 122.3 ± 140 | < .001 | 22.4 ± 53.7 | 328.7 ± 466.3 | < .001 |
ASI, arterial stiffness index; CCTA, cardiac computed tomography angiography.