Non-culprit plaque characteristics in acute coronary syndrome patients with raised hemoglobinA1c: an intravascular optical coherence tomography study

Table 5 Plaque characteristics in non-culprit lesion on optical coherence tomography

	NA1c (n = 95)	RA1c (n = 93)	DM (n = 117)	P value	P_{NA1c vs. RA1c}	P_{NA1c vs. DM}	P_{NA1c vs. DM}
Lipid, n (%)	40 (42.1)	43 (46.2)	54 (46.2)	0.802	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lipid-rich plaques, n (%)	38 (40.0)	42 (45.2)	52 (44.4)	0.735	N/A	N/A	N/A
TCFA, n (%)	12 (12.6)	19 (20.4)	18 (15.4)	0.335	N/A	N/A	N/A
Disruption, n (%)	1 (1.1)	2 (2.2)	1 (0.9)	0.689	N/A	N/A	N/A
Crystal, n (%)	4 (4.2)	0 (0.0)	6 (5.1)	0.097	N/A	N/A	N/A
Macrophage, n (%)	7 (7.4)	11 (11.8)	24 (20.5)	0.018*	0.215	0.005*	0.067
Microchannels, n (%)	7 (7.4)	9 (9.7)	15 (12.8)	0.419	N/A	N/A	N/A
Thrombus presence, n (%)	2 (2.1)	2 (2.2)	1 (0.9)	0.696	N/A	N/A	N/A
Calcification, n (%)	25 (26.3)	36 (38.7)	55 (47.0)	0.008*	0.048*	0.001*	0.143
Spotty calcification, n (%)	19 (20.0)	26 (28.0)	43 (36.8)	0.027	0.134	0.006*	0.115
Large calcification, n (%)	6 (6.3)	10 (10.8)	15 (12.8)	0.289	N/A	N/A	N/A

DM diabetes mellitus, NA1c normal haemoglobinA1c, RA1c raised haemoglobinA1c, TCFA thin-cap fibroatheroma
Values are mean ± SD or n (%). *P < 0.05

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