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Table 4 Relation between different CT vessel measurement and plaque characterization with future cardiovascular clinical events

From: Detection of positively remodeled coronary artery lesions by multislice CT and its impact on cardiovascular future events

Variable at remodeling site		No clinical events No. = 30	Clinical events No. 25	P value
Area (mm²)	Vessel	25.30 ± 10.68	27.92 ± 10.60	0.368
	Wall	16.27 ± 7.11	18.96 ± 6.51	0.152
	Total plaque	15.93 ± 6.65	18.76 ± 6.42	0.117
	Low-attenuation plaque	Median 5 (4–6) 2–10	5 (4–6) 2–9	0.421
	Medium attenuation plaque	Median 7 (6–10) 3–15	8 (7–10) 4–21	0.288
	High-attenuation plaque	Median 1 (0–2) 0–13	2 (1–6) 0–12	0.025*
Percentage (%)	Wall/lumen area	188.73 ± 53.34	263.72 ± 122.71	0.004**
	Plaque burden	64.37 ± 6.03	69.72 ± 9.71	0.016*
	Low-attenuation plaque area	36.60 ± 10.64	28.08 ± 9.81	0.003**
	Medium attenuation plaque area	50.87 ± 13.02	49.04 ± 16.38	0.647
	High-attenuation plaque area	Median 9 (1–11 0–37	9 (6–41) 0–62	0.117
Mean density (HU)	Low attenuation	Median 6 (1–14) − 21.00–20	6 (0–16) − 19.00–21	0.806
	Medium attenuation	93.23 ± 7.32	95.32 ± 6.67	0.278
	High attenuation	Median 170 (162–208) 0–428	196 (166–381) 0–630	0.106
Calcium score (Agatston method)	Plaque-specific	Median 0 (0–0) 0–18	0 (0–62) 0–91	0.010*
Calcium score (Agatston method)	Total calcium score	Median 0 (0–0) 0–48	0 (0–260) 0–850	0.009**
Remodeling index		1.39 ± 0.21	1.44 ± 0.30	0.479

HU Hounsfield unit
*Significant P value, **Highly significant P value

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