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Clinical characteristics of patients.
| Healthy aorta | Early atheroma | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| FS | FL | ||
| N | 12 | 18 | 13 |
| Age (years) | 48.7 ± 14.3 | 57.9 ± 19.2 | 65.6 ± 13.9 |
| Sex, % male | 70 | 39 | 54 |
The cohort of patients studied presented 2 groups: patients with a healthy aorta and those with early atheroma. FS: fatty streaks, FL: fibrolipidic lesions. Results are expressed as means ± SD.
