Table 2.
Characteristics of included patients.
| Characteristics | No. of patients with ruptured plaques (n = 12) |
No. of patients with stable plaques (n = 9) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 65.73 ± 11.27 | 55.25 ± 5.75 | 0.177 |
| Male (%) | 91.68 (11) | 88.89 (8) | — |
| Body weight index | 24.66 ± 3.28 | 22.69 ± 1.76 | 0.896 |
| Smoking (%) | 58.30 (7) | 66.67 (6) | — |
| Alcohol (%) | 50.00 (6) | 55.56 (5) | — |
| TG | 3.61 ± 1.20 | 3.59 ± 1.11 | 0.610 |
| HDL | 0.98 ± 0.17 | 0.82 ± 0.14 | 0.337 |
| LDL | 2.40 ± 0.33 | 1.84 ± 0.04 | 0.485 |
| TC | 1.35 ± 0.45 | 1.07 ± 0.31 | 0.446 |
TG: triglycerides; HDL: high density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; TC: total cholesterol.