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. 2019 Feb 28;8(5):e011002. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011002

Table 2.

Lesion Characteristics According to Sex

Total Women Men P Value
Per Vessel (n=3298) (n=878) (n=2420)
Quantitative coronary angiography
Reference vessel diameter, mm 3.04±0.60 2.89±0.57 3.03±0.61 <0.001
Minimum lumen diameter, mm 1.70±0.71 1.66±0.71 1.72±0.72 0.092
Diameter stenosis, % 43.7±19.3 43.3±19.6 43.8±19.1 0.608
Lesion length, mm 11.1±8.9 10.9±9.0 11.2±8.8 0.435
FFR 0.88±0.11 0.89±0.10 0.87±0.11 <0.001
FFR ≤0.80 641 (20.7%) 139 (16.8%) 502 (22.1%) 0.001
CCTA plaque characteristics (n=672) (n=179) (n=493)
Any of adverse plaque characteristics 374 (55.7%) 83 (46.6%) 291 (59.0%) 0.004
Positive remodeling 223 (33.2%) 51 (28.5%) 172 (34.9%) 0.120
Low‐attenuation plaque 142 (21.1%) 25 (14.0%) 117 (23.6%) 0.007
Scattered calcification 101 (15.0%) 26 (14.5%) 75 (15.2%) 0.841
Napkin‐ring sign 11 (1.6%) 2 (1.1%) 9 (1.8%) 0.531
Per patient (n=1136) (n=301) (n=835)
SYNTAX score 11.0±8.1 10.3±8.5 11.3±7.9 0.098
Residual SYNTAX score 8.2±6.8 7.9±7.0 8.4±6.8 0.306
3‐vessel FFR 2.70±0.14 2.72±0.13 2.69±0.15 <0.001
Functional SYNTAX score 4.3±6.4 3.3±5.8 4.7±6.6 <0.001

Values are mean±SD, n (%). P‐values for per‐vessel comparisons were determined by generalized estimating equations. CCTA indicates coronary computed tomography angiography; FFR, fractional flow reserve; SYNTAX, Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Taxus and Cardiac Surgery.