Table 5.

Relationship between serum hs-CRP and intraplaque parameters.

Upstream			Downstream
hs-CRP∗, μg/mL vs.	r	p value	hs-CRP∗, μg/mL vs.	r	p value
Neutrophils/mm2	0.045	0.547	Neutrophils/mm2	0.107	0.147
Total collagen, %	−0.108	0.150	Total collagen, %	−0.017	0.819
Collagen I, %	−0.118	0.116	Collagen I, %	0.103	0.167
Collagen III, %	−0.038	0.614	Collagen III, %	0.064	0.393
CRP, %	−0.088	0.268	CRP, %	−0.013	0.871
Smooth muscle cells, %	−0.053	0.482	Smooth muscle cells, %	−0.031	0.673
Total macrophages (CD68+)†, %	0.016	0.832	Total macrophages (CD68+)†, %	0.056	0.451
M‡1 subset (CD86+), %	0.038	0.630	M‡1 subset (CD86+), %	−0.101	0.207
M1 subset (HLA-DR+)§, %	−0.098	0.222	M1 subset (HLA-DR+)§, %	−0.034	0.671
M2 subset (CD163+), %	0.055	0.481	M2 subset (CD163+), %	−0.055	0.485

Correlations were performed by Spearman's rank correlation coefficient.

^∗CRP: high sensitivity c-reactive protein.

^†CD: cluster of differentiation.

^‡M: macrophage.

^§HLA-DR: human leukocyte antigen-antigen D related.