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Comparison of CEC and AREA at baseline and follow-up period in patients who did not take any lipid-lowering drugs at baseline (left), patients who did not smoke at follow-up (FU) (center), and patients who did not take angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE-I), ezetimibe, and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 PUFA) at FU *p = 0.001, **p < 0.0001 compared with the baseline levels by paired t-test.
