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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2014 Sep 2;237(1):169–176. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.08.034

Table 5.

Eccentricity index of cross sections with and without lipid rich necrotic core

Eccentricity index
Unadjusted Adjusted
LRNC present
(n=192)		 0.55 0.55
LRNC absent
(n=3019)		 0.36 0.36
P value <0.001 <0.001

LRNC indicates lipid rich necrotic core

Concentric lesions were considered to have an eccentricity index <0.05; eccentric lesions were considered to have an eccentricity index ≥0.05.

Analyses were adjusted for age, sex, tobacco use, systolic blood pressure, use of antihypertensive medication, statin use, high-density and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.