Table 2.

Plaque characteristics of sectors wall thickness >0.5 mm

	NIRS(−)	NIRS(+)	p value
Whole vessel
Number of sectors	9598	1271
Wall thickness	0.78 mm (0.75–0.81)	0.88 mm (0.85–0.91)	< 0.001
Relative plaque area	53% (52–55)	58% (56–59)	< 0.001
MaxLCBI4mm
Number of sectors	652	432
Wall thickness	0.77 mm (0.71–0.83)	0.84 mm (0.78–0.90)	< 0.001
Relative plaque area	53% (50–56)	55% (52–58)	< 0.001

Statistics: Linear mixed model with NIRS status as fixed factor and individual vessel as random factor. Outcome: Estimated means (95% CI for the EM)