Table 1.
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.