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Table 2 Comparison of quantitative IVUS results in the ABCD study population (n = 56) with a reference population without T2D and without established CAD (n = 147)

From: Asymptomatic coronary artery disease in a Norwegian cohort with type 2 diabetes: a prospective angiographic study with intravascular ultrasound evaluation

IVUS parameter

ABCD sub-study population (n = 56)

Non-diabetic reference population (heart transplant donors) (n = 147)

p-value

Mean vessel area (mm2)

14.7 ± 4.2

16.1 ± 4.0

0.16

Mean lumen area (mm2)

9.6 ± 2.8

13.2 ± 3.5

< 0.001

Mean plaque area (mm2)

5.1 ± 2.5

2.9 ± 1.4

< 0.001

Percent atheroma volume (%)

33.8 ± 9.8

17.8 ± 7.3

< 0.001

Normalized total atheroma volume (mm3)

277.0 ± 137.3

134.90 ± 100.6

< 0.001

Mean maximal intimal thickness (mm)

0.75 ± 0.27

0.41 ± 0.19

< 0.001

Patients with MIT ≥ 0.5 mm

47 (84%)

39 (26.5%)

< 0.001

  1. Italic values indicate significance of p-value (p < 0.05)
  2. IVUS intravascular ultrasound, T2D type 2 diabetes mellitus, CAD coronary artery disease, MIT maximal intimal thickness
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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