Table 5.

Clinical characteristics of patients from which aortic tissue (advanced plaque and normal aorta) was extracted.

ID	Age	Gender	Cause of death	Diabetes	Hypertension	Dyslipidemia
4	60	Female	Cardiovascular	No	Yes	No
5	83	Female	Cardiovascular	No	Yes	No
12	60	Female	Cardiovascular	Yes	Yes	Yes
21	76	Male	Infection	Yes	Yes	No
136	68	Female	Cancer	No	No	No
149	86	Female	Cardiovascular	No	Yes	No

ID: Our identification Number.