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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 29.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2015 Dec 1;245:74–81. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.11.032

Table 1.

Univariate analysis results for baseline plaque Vp and Ktrans.

Vp
Ktrans
Variable r or Mean ± SD P Value r or Mean ± SD P Value No.
Sex 0.86 0.54 98
    Male 0.075 ± 0.046 0.060 ± 0.025 84
    Female 0.078 ± 0.051 0.055 ± 0.024 14

Age −0.24 0.020 0.05 0.63 98

Race 0.70 0.27 98
    White 0.075 ± 0.047 0.060 ± 0.025 90
    Non-white/Other 0.082 ± 0.040 0.050 ± 0.021 8

Ethnicity 0.70 0.40 97
    Hispanic or Latino 0.084 ± 0.045 0.048 ± 0.029 4
    Not Hispanic or Latino 0.075 ± 0.047 0.059 ± 0.025 93

Tobacco use 0.51 0.21 98
    Current 0.085 ± 0.047 0.067 ± 0.028 21
    Former (quit > 1 year ago) 0.071 ± 0.046 0.058 ± 0.023 48
    Never used 0.077 ± 0.049 0.055 ± 0.024 29

Duration of statin therapy 0.011 0.50 98
    <1 year 0.100 ± 0.043 0.056 ± 0.023 21
    1 - 5 years 0.076 ± 0.047 0.057 ± 0.025 39
    >5 years 0.062 ± 0.044 0.063 ± 0.026 38

Prior use of niacin 0.41 0.72 98
    Yes 0.066 ± 0.022 0.057 ± 0.020 15
    No 0.077 ± 0.050 0.059 ± 0.026 83

Metabolic syndrome 0.016 0.83 98
    Present 0.081 ± 0.047 0.059 ± 0.025 79
    Absent 0.053 ± 0.040 0.060 ± 0.025 19

History of diabetes 0.49 0.70 98
    Yes 0.070 ± 0.047 0.057 ± 0.024 22
    No 0.077 ± 0.047 0.059 ± 0.025 76

Body mass index 0.25 0.013 0.10 0.35 98

Systolic blood pressure 0.10 0.34 0.20 0.044 97

Diastolic blood pressure 0.14 0.16 0.03 0.73 97

Total cholesterol 0.04 0.70 0.01 0.89 98

LDL cholesterol 0.04 0.69 −0.04 0.68 98

Non-HDL cholesterol 0.06 0.58 0.01 0.96 98

Log(Triglycerides) 0.04 0.70 0.08 0.41 98

Log(Lipoprotein(a)) 0.25 0.013 0.11 0.28 96

ApoB 0.17 0.092 0.01 0.96 96

HDL cholesterol −0.05 0.63 0.04 0.73 98

ApoA-I −0.01 0.92 0.02 0.84 96

Log(Total : HDL ratio) 0.09 0.40 −0.04 0.68 98

Log(ApoB : ApoA-I ratio) 0.17 0.094 −0.03 0.75 96

r = Pearson's correlation coefficient.