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Table 2 Coronary plaque burden, stenosis and extent of coronary artery plaques detected by CCTA

From: The additive effect of essential hypertension on coronary artery plaques in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: a coronary computed tomography angiography study

 

Control group (n = 1048)

T2DM(HTN−) (n = 277)

T2DM(HTN +) (n = 823)

P value

Plaque type

 Calcified plaques

1.4 ± 1.7

1.6 ± 1.9

2.2 ± 2.3*§

 < 0.001

 Partially calcified plaques

1.5 ± 1.9

2.1 ± 2.3*

2.8 ± 2.8*§

 < 0.001

 Noncalcified plaques

0.3 ± 0.6

0.5 ± 0.9*

0.5 ± 0.8*

0.001

Stenosis caused by plaques

 Nonobstructive stenosis

2.6 ± 1.9

3.1 ± 2.0*

4.1 ± 2.4*§

 < 0.001

 Obstructive stenosis

0.6 ± 1.3

1.1 ± 2.1*

1.3 ± 2.3*

 < 0.001

Diseased vessels

2.0 ± 1.0

2.4 ± 1.1*

2.7 ± 1.0*§

 < 0.001

SIS

3.2 ± 2.3

4.1 ± 2.7*

5.3 ± 3.1*§

 < 0.001

SSS

5.8 ± 5.8

8.2 ± 7.9*

10.4 ± 8.7*§

 < 0.001

Any calcified plaque

658 (62.8%)

177 (63.9%)

603 (73.3%)*§

 < 0.001

Any partially calcified plaque

629 (60.0%)

188 (67.9%)

618 (75.1%)*

 < 0.001

Any noncalcified plaque

275 (26.2%)

95 (34.3%)*

259 (31.5%)*

0.007

Obstructive CAD

280 (26.7%)

100 (36.1%)*

323 (39.2%)*

 < 0.001

Multivessel disease

636 (60.7%)

202 (72.9%)*

696 (84.6%)*§

 < 0.001

SIS > 3

368 (35.1%)

142 (51.3%)*

533 (64.8%)*§

 < 0.001

SSS > 5

364 (34.7%)

136 (49.1%)*

514 (62.5%)*§

 < 0.001

  1. The data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation or number (%)
  2. CCTA coronary computed tomography angiography, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension, SIS segment involvement score, SSS segment stenosis score
  3. *P < 0.017 versus the control group
  4. §P < 0.017 versus the T2DM (HTN−) group