Table 2 Baseline and changes in the coronary plaque characteristics
|  | Total (n = 1143) | TyG index tertiles | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I (lowest) 7.20–8.53 (n = 382) | II 8.54–9.02 (n = 388) | III (highest) 9.03–10.84 (n = 373) | |||
At baseline | |||||
 Plaque volume (mm3) | |||||
  Total | 44.1 (3.5–139.6) | 30.8 (0.0–117.7) | 47.2 (6.2 −160.4) | 57.5 (8.4–154.3) | < 0.001 |
  Fibrous | 20.3 (0.8–59.1) | 13.7 (0.0–49.7) | 22.5 (2.9–67.3) | 24.3 (3.8–64.4) | 0.001 |
  Fibrous-fatty | 3.5 (0.0–23.4) | 1.4 (0.0–14.8) | 3.6 (0.0–25.3) | 6.1 (0.0–31.8) | < 0.001 |
  Necrotic-core | 0.0 (0.0–1.5) | 0.0 (0.0–0.7) | 0.0 (0.0–1.6) | 0.1 (0.0–2.4) | < 0.001 |
  Dense calcium | 6.4 (0.0–38.1) | 2.8 (0.0–33.5) | 8.0 (0.0–41.2) | 8.3 (0.0–36.5) | 0.027 |
TAVnorm (mm3) | 47.6 (2.6–151.5) | 33.0 (0.0–122.3) | 54.1 (7.4–192.3) | 61.2 (9.5–165.6) | 0.001 |
PAVtotal (%) | 2.5 (0.1–7.7) | 1.6 (0.0–6.1) | 2.8 (0.4–8.8) | 3.0 (0.5–8.1) | 0.001 |
Annual change | |||||
 Plaque volume (mm3/year) | |||||
  Total | 7.6 (0.5–22.2) | 5.7 (0.0–20.2) | 7.6 (0.5–23.5) | 9.4 (1.4–27.7) | 0.010 |
  Fibrous | 1.9 (0.0–8.6) | 1.1 (0.0–6.9) | 1.9 (0.0–8.7) | 2.8 (0.0–9.8) | 0.022 |
  Fibrous-fatty | 0.0 (-0.8–1.4) | 0.0 (-0.5–0.9) | 0.0 (-0.9–1.3) | 0.0 (-1.0–2.3) | 0.341 |
  Necrotic-core | 0.0 (0.0–0.1) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.1) | 0.0 (-0.1–0.1) | 0.659 |
  Dense calcium | 3.4 (0.1–11.7) | 2.1 (0.0–8.7) | 3.7 (0.3–12.1) | 3.9 (0.4–13.3) | 0.016 |
TAVnorm (mm3/year) | 7.7 (0.4–24.4) | 6.2 (0.0–19.9) | 7.8 (0.5–25.4) | 9.3 (1.7–31.2) | 0.005 |
PAVtotal (%/year) | 0.4 (0.0–1.2) | 0.3 (0.0–0.9) | 0.4 (0.0–1.3) | 0.5 (0.1–1.4) | 0.006 |