Table 1.

The morphological features of plaques associated and not associated with infarcts in the MCA territory. With permission [93]

	Plaques associated with infarct (n = 46)	Plaques not associated with infarct (n = 65)	p value	95% confidence interval
Degree of area stenosis, %	62.2±16.8	52.4±10.5	0.001	−15.4 to −4.19
Fibrous cap	1.59±0.83	1.46±0.69	0.403	−0.42 to 0.17
Lipid core	2.48±0.91	1.98±0.82	0.004	−0.83 to −0.16
Intraplaque hemorrhage	14/46	10/65	0.066	0.958 to 6.045
Intraplaque neovasculature	13/46	5/65	0.008	1.549 to 14.423
Intraplaque thrombus	7/46	1/65	0.008	1.361 to 96.932
Intraplaque calcification	16/46	15/65	0.202	0.770 to 4.107
CD45RO	2.38±0.78	1.79±0.81	0.007	−0.968 to 0.158
CD68	3.07±0.64	2.58±0.70	0.009	−0.849 to −0.130