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Table 3 Apo B/A1 ratio and OCT vulnerable plaque characteristics in patients

From: Association between apolipoprotein B/A1 ratio and coronary plaque vulnerability in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: an intravascular optical coherence tomography study

Characteristics

Apo B/A1

P value

Plaque rupture

 Yes

78

0.78 ± 0.28

 < 0.001

 No

239

0.67 ± 0.24

 

Plaque erosion

 Yes

43

0.78 ± 0.25

0.027

 No

274

0.69 ± 0.25

 

Calcified nodule

 Yes

12

0.66 ± 0.19

0.606

 No

305

0.70 ± 0.26

 

TCFA

 Yes

16

0.69 ± 0.15

0.833

 No

301

0.70 ± 0.26

 

Fibrous plaque

 Yes

131

0.71 ± 0.24

0.423

 No

181

0.69 ± 0.26

 

Calcification

 Yes

85

0.63 ± 0.22

0.002

 No

232

0.72 ± 0.26

 

Lipid-rich plaque

 Yes

78

0.70 ± 0.25

0.906

 No

239

0.70 ± 0.26

 

Cholesterol crystal

 Yes

136

0.72 ± 0.25

0.184

 No

181

0.68 ± 0.26

 

Micro-vessel

 Yes

66

0.72 ± 0.28

0.370

 No

251

0.69 ± 0.25

 

Thrombus

 Yes

88

0.79 ± 0.28

 < 0.001

 No

229

0.66 ± 0.23

 

Macrophage

 Yes

60

0.70 ± 0.26

0.991

 No

257

0.70 ± 0.25

 

In-stent restenosis

 Yes

43

0.67 ± 0.22

0.495

 No

274

0.70 ± 0.26

 
  1. Apo apolipoprotein, TCFA thin-cap fibroatheroma