Table 4.
Patients with symptomatic carotid plaques.
| Age group, no. of patients (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Degree of | 18–50 years | 50–59 | 60–69 | 70–79 | >80 | P-value |
| stenosis | (N = 20 total patients) | (N = 43 total patients) | (N = 49 total patients) | (N = 59 total patients) | (N = 40 total patients) | |
| <30% | 14 (70.0) | 24 (55.8) | 23 (49.9) | 27 (45.8) | 20 (50.0) | 0.54 |
| 30–49% | 1 (5.0) | 5 (11.6) | 3 (6.1) | 3 (5.1) | 4 (10.0) | |
| 50–69% | 2 (10.0) | 7 (16.3) | 14 (28.6) | 11 (18.6) | 7 (17.5) | |
| >70% | 3 (15.0) | 7 (16.3) | 9 (18.4) | 18 (30.5) | 9 (22.5) | |
| Intraplaque hemorrhage | 0 (0.0) | 9 (20.9)* | 17 (34.7)* | 18 (30.5)* | 13 (32.5)* | 0.32 |
*
Statistically significant higher proportion compared to 18–50 age group, but no difference between groups.