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Published in final edited form as: JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Apr 13;15(6):1078–1088. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.02.004

Table 3.

Peri-coronary adipose tissue attenuation and quantitative plaque burden in patients with and without subsequent myocardial infarction.

	No event	Event	p value
Plaque burden (%)	38.9 [0 to 49.2]	50.1 [43.0 to 53.8]	<0.001
Noncalcified plaque burden (%)	35.4 [0 to 45.3]	42 [37.39 to 48.95]	<0.001
Low-attenuation plaque burden (%)	4.1 [0 to 6.7]	7.4 [4.8 to 9.1]	<0.001
Calcified plaque burden (%)	0.39 [0 to 2.69]	3.18 [0.9 to 7.97]	<0.001
PCAT-RCA (HU)	−76.0 ± 7.8	−72.5 ± 8.3	0.009
PCAT-LAD (HU)	−77.0 ± 7.8	−76.2 ± 8.6	0.543
PCAT-LCx (HU)	−73.3 ± 7.7	−71.6 ± 7.3	0.334
CACS (Agatston Units)	19 [0 to 218]	283 [59 to 1041]	<0.001
Obstructive disease	416 (25%)	19 (51%)	<0.001
Cardiovascular risk score (%)	18 ± 11	22 ± 12	0.039
High-risk plaque features (≥1)	565 (34%)	23 (62%)	<0.001
PCAT-RCA Volume (mm3)	639± 189	656± 197	0.480

Median [interquartile interval], mean ± standard deviation or number (%).

CACS, coronary artery calcium score; HU, Hounsfield units; PCAT, pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation; RCA, right coronary artery; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; LCx, left circumflex coronary artery.