Table 2.
Plaque phenotype and calcification in culprit lesion segments characteristics by optical coherence tomography.
| Parameters |
Total (n = 127) |
TMAO level | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High (n = 64) | Low (n = 63) | |||
| Culprit plaque types | ||||
| Plaque rupture | 62 (48.8) | 50 (78.1) | 12 (19.0) | <0.001 |
| Plaque erosion | 57 (44.9) | 9 (14.1) | 48 (76.2) | <0.001 |
| Calcified nodules | 8 (6.3) | 5 (7.8) | 3 (4.8) | 0.479 |
| Calcification | 94 (74.0) | 58 (90.6) | 36 (57.1) | <0.001 |
| Intimal calcification | 82 (64.6) | 54 (84.4) | 28 (44.4) | <0.001 |
| Medial calcification | 15 (11.8) | 6 (9.4) | 9 (14.3) | 0.391 |
| Intimal calcified lesions | ||||
| Eruptive calcified nodules | 14 (11.0) | 11 (17.2) | 3 (4.8) | 0.025 |
| Superficial calcific sheet | 63 (49.6) | 39 (60.9) | 24 (38.1) | 0.010 |
| Calcified protrusion | 5 (3.9) | 4 (6.3) | 1 (1.6) | 0.177 |
| Maximal calcification arc, degree | 90.9 (0–193.1) | 146.9 (71.3–227.3) | 50.0 (0–228.1) | <0.001 |
| Maximal calcification thickness, μm | 530.0 (0–780) | 680.0 (500.0–877.5) | 290.0 (0–838.0) | <0.001 |
| Calcification length, mm | 4.0 (0–11.6) | 8.9 (3.5–15.6) | 1.6 (0–4.2) | <0.001 |
| Smallest depth of calcium, μm | 30.0 (10,0–80.0) | 20.0 (10.0–60.0) | 50.0 (20.0–107.5) | 0.013 |
TMAO, Trimethylamine N-oxide.