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Demographics of patients with and without plaques, total study population (N) 299
| Plaques | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 280) | Yes (n = 19) | P value | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Female | N | 170 (97.7%) | 4 (2.3%) | 0.001 |
| Male | N | 110 (88.0%) | 15 (12.0%) | |
| Age | ||||
| <50 years | N | 96 (96.0%) | 4 (4.0%) | 0.237 |
| ≥50 years | N | 184 (92.5%) | 15 (7.5%) | |
| Hypertension | ||||
| No | N | 141 (96.6%) | 5 (3.4%) | 0.042 |
| Yes | N | 139 (90.8%) | 14 (9.2%) | |
| Diabetes | ||||
| No | N | 159 (94.1%) | 10 (5.9%) | 0.725 |
| Yes | N | 121 (93.1%) | 9 (6.9%) | |
| Smoking status | ||||
| No | N | 266 (94.7%) | 15 (5.3%) | 0.004 |
| Yes | N | 14 (77.8%) | 4 (22.2%) |
