TABLE 3.

Carotid Artery Imaging Characteristics

	Overall
Total no. patients	110
Patients with stenosis, n (%)	42 (38.2)
Patients with >50% stenosis, n (%)	25 (22.7)
Patients with >70% stenosis, n (%)	17 (15.5)
Maximum stenosis, % mean (IQR)	53.9 (30.4–82.7)
Maximum plaque thickness in mm, mean (SD)	3.36 (1.55)
Patients with soft plaque, n (%)	40 (36.4)
No. arterial segments showing soft plaque
0	70 (63.6)
1	10 (9.1)
2	14 (12.7)
3	9 (8.2)
4	7 (6.4)
Patients with superficial calcium, n (%)	57 (51.8)
No. arterial segments showing superficial calcium
0	53 (48.2)
1	17 (15.5)
2	11 (10.0)
3	8 (7.3)
4	10 (9.1)
5	4 (3.6)
6	4 (3.6)
7	1 (0.9)
8	2 (1.8)
Patients with deep calcium, n (%)	16 (14.5)
No. arterial segments showing deep calcium
0	94 (85.5)
1	10 (9.1)
2	3 (3.0)
3	2 (1.8)
4	0 (0)
5	1 (0.9)
6	0 (0)
Patients with plaque ulceration, n (%)	8 (7.3)
No. arterial segments showing plaque ulceration
0	102 (92.7)
1	7 (6.4)
2	0 (0)
3	0 (0)
4	1 (0.9)

IQR indicates interquartile range.