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. 2020 Mar 19;7(1):11. doi: 10.3390/jcdd7010011

Table 6.

Bivariate association between plaques geometry and composition (n = 206).

Surface Area
(mm2)		 Width
(mm)		 Height
(mm)		 GS Median (GSM) GS Mean Heterog.
(%)		 Lipidic
(%)
R p R p R p R p R p R p R p
Area (mm2) 1.00 0.84 <0.001 0.66 <0.001 −0.03 0.649 −0.01 0.869 0.01 0.877 0.04 0.546
Width (mm) 0.84 <0.001 1.00 0.37 <0.001 −0.14 0.060 −0.13 0.085 −0.17 0.023 0.10 0.184
Height (mm) 0.66 <0.001 0.37 <0.001 1.00 0.03 0.707 0.05 0.481 0.27 <0.001 0.03 0.687
GS median −0.03 0.649 −0.14 0.060 0.03 0.707 1.00 0.98 <0.001 0.46 <0.001 −0.85 <0.001
GS mean −0.01 0.869 −0.13 0.085 0.05 0.481 0.98 <0.001 1.00 0.56 <0.001 −0.88 <0.001
Heterog. (%) 0.01 0.877 −0.17 0.023 0.27 <0.001 0.46 <0.001 0.56 <0.001 1.00 −0.40 <0.001
Lipidic (%) 0.04 0.546 0.10 0.184 0.03 0.687 −0.85 <0.001 −0.88 <0.001 −0.40 <0.001 1.00
Fib-Lip. (%) −0.09 0.215 0.02 0.768 −0.19 0.008 −0.50 <0.001 −0.45 <0.001 −0.45 <0.001 0.07 0.374
Fibrous (%) 0.00 0.973 −0.10 0.165 0.06 0.412 0.95 <0.001 0.97 <0.001 0.55 <0.001 −0.88 <0.001
GS mean 1mm −0.04 0.616 −0.18 0.013 0.08 0.264 0.95 <0.001 0.96 <0.001 0.57 <0.001 −0.85 <0.001
Lipidic 1mm (%) 0.04 0.565 0.11 0.144 0.01 0.905 −0.78 <0.001 −0.81 <0.001 −0.39 <0.001 0.92 <0.001
Fib-Lip. 1mm (%) −0.07 0.347 0.06 0.423 −0.18 0.013 −0.41 <0.001 −0.37 <0.001 −0.46 <0.001 −0.03 0.676
Fibrous 1mm (%) −0.03 0.660 −0.15 0.036 0.06 0.447 0.92 <0.001 0.94 <0.001 0.59 <0.001 −0.83 <0.001
Fibrolipidic (%) Fibrous
(%)		 GS mean
1 mm		 Lipidic
1 mm (%)		 Fibrolipidic
1 mm (%)		 Fibrous
1 mm (%)
R p R p R p R p R p R p
Area (mm2) −0.09 0.215 0.00 0.973 −0.04 0.616 0.04 0.565 −0.07 0.347 −0.03 0.660
Width (mm) 0.02 0.768 −0.10 0.165 −0.18 0.013 0.11 0.144 0.06 0.423 −0.15 0.036
Height (mm) −0.19 0.008 0.06 0.412 0.08 0.264 0.01 0.905 −0.18 0.013 0.06 0.447
GS median −0.50 <0.001 0.95 <0.001 0.95 <0.001 −0.78 <0.001 −0.41 <0.001 0.92 <0.001
GS mean −0.45 <0.001 0.97 <0.001 0.96 <0.001 −0.81 <0.001 −0.37 <0.001 0.94 <0.001
Heterog, (%) −0.45 <0.001 0.55 <0.001 0.57 <0.001 −0.39 <0.001 −0.46 <0.001 0.59 <0.001
Lipidic (%) 0.07 0.374 −0.88 <0.001 −0.85 <0.001 0.92 <0.001 −0.03 0.676 −0.83 <0.001
Fib-Lip. (%) 1.00 −0.54 <0.001 −0.47 <0.001 0.05 0.531 0.93 <0.001 −0.53 <0.001
Fibrous (%) −0.54 <0.001 1.00 0.94 <0.001 −0.80 <0.001 −0.43 <0.001 0.95 <0.001
GS mean 1mm −0.47 <0.001 0.94 <0.001 1.00 −0.83 <0.001 −0.43 <0.001 0.97 <0.001
Lipidic 1mm (%) 0.05 0.531 −0.80 <0.001 −0.83 <0.001 1.00 −0.03 0.729 −0.82 <0.001
Fib-Lip. 1mm (%) 0.93 <0.001 −0.43 <0.001 −0.43 <0.001 −0.03 0.729 1.00 −0.49 <0.001
Fibrous 1mm (%) −0.53 <0.001 0.95 <0.001 0.97 <0.001 −0.82 <0.001 −0.49 <0.001 1.00

GS: grayscale. Fib-Lip.: Fibrolipidic. 1 mm: first (1st) atherosclerotic plaque superficial millimeter (layer). Heterog.: Heterogeneity.