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Table 1 Baseline characteristics (LSD)

From: New insights into fibrous cap thickness of vulnerable plaques assessed by optical coherence tomography

 

Group A

FCT ≤ 65 μm (n = 147)

Group B

65 < FCT ≤ 80 μm (n = 84)

Group C

FCT > 80 μm(n = 271)

P-value

Age, years

66.0 ± 11.5

65.4 ± 10.7

65.6 ± 10.3

0.921

Male, n (%)

127 (86.4)

70 (83.3)

220 (81.2)

0.397

Current smoker, n (%)

66 (44.9)

32 (38.1)

95 (35.1) â–³

0.142

Hypertension, n (%)

102 (69.4)

59 (70.2)

173 (63.8)

0.379

Hypercholesterolaemia, n (%)

81 (55.1)

45 (53.6)

157 (57.9)

0.729

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

45 (30.6)

28 (33.3)

92 (33.9)

0.782

Haemodialysis, n (%)

3 (2.0)

1 (1.2)

9 (3.3)

0.591

Previous MI, n (%)

14 (9.5)

12 (14.3)

56 (20.7) â–³

0.011

Previous PCI, n (%)

19 (12.9)

19 (22.6)

73 (26.9) â–³

0.004

Previous CABG, n (%)

3 (2.0)

2 (2.4)

3 (1.1)

0.504

Indication for index PCI, n (%)

 SAP

32 (21.8)

37 (44.0) *

176 (64.9) #â–³

< 0.001

 ACS

115 (78.2)

47 (56.0) *

95 (35.1) #â–³

< 0.001

Laboratory results

 TC, mg/dl

194.9 ± 42.5

185.9 ± 34.0

180.2 ± 38.8 △

0.001

 LDL-C, mg/dl

123.0 ± 36.7

113.7 ± 27.5 *

107.6 ± 34.2 △

< 0.001

 HDL-C, mg/dl

44.4 ± 11.4

44.3 ± 9.8

46.3 ± 11.6

0.172

 Triglyceride, mg/dl

132.3 ± 84.0

131.2 ± 91.2

133.6 ± 71.2

0.968

 Creatinine, mg/dl

0.99 ± 0.97

0.89 ± 0.58

1.12 ± 1.56 #

0.286

 eGFR, ml/(min × 1.73 m2)

72.5 ± 23.6

71.9 ± 18.9

70.8 ± 23.8

0.770

 hs-CRP, mg/L

0.50 ± 0.93

0.37 ± 0.61

0.35 ± 0.91

0.082

 HbA1c, %

6.1 ± 1.4

5.9 ± 0.82

6.0 ± 1.2

0.628

Previous medications, n (%)

 Statins

10 (6.8)

12 (14.3)

52 (19.2) â–³

0.003

  1. Data are n (%) or mean ± SD
  2. LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, CK creatine kinase, hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, TC total cholesterol
  3. ∗Significance between FCT ≤ 65 μm group and 65 < FCT ≤ 80 μm group; #significance between 65 < FCT ≤ 80 μm group and FCT > 80 μm group; △significance between FCT ≤ 65 μm group and FCT>80 μm group. P-value < 0.05 was in bold