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. 2020 Apr 20;141(16):1338–1350. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.044467

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Figure 3. — Coronary plaque morphology in athletes. Panel A illustrates the percentages of different coronary plaque morphologies of the 99 plaques in athletes and 26 plaques in the control subjects (total equals 100%).⁵ Panel B illustrates the percentages of different coronary plaque morphologies in athletes with plaques, presented for lifelong exercise volume groups,⁴ whereas Panel C illustrates the percentage of athletes with plaques who had only calcified, only noncalcified or only mixed plaque morphology.⁴ Adapted and reprinted with permission from Merghani et al⁵ (A) and Aengevaeren et al⁴ (B and C). MET indicates metabolic equivalent of task.