Research Article

Semiautomatic Volumetry of Low Attenuation of Thoracic Aortic Plaques on Curved Planar Reformations Using MDCT Angiographic Data with 0.5 mm Collimation

Table 1

Demographics in 95 subjects correlated with AAA, CAD, and hypertension.

AAA CAD
>50% stenosis
CAD
>90% stenosis
HypertensionHypertension
>10 years
values

Age [years] (mean ± sd)69.2 ± 10.972.4 ± 9.170.1 ± 11.071.6 ± 9.169.3 ± 12.571.6 ± 9.9NP
Male/female83/1233/718/313/351/921/40.993
Hyperlipidemia
no. (%)
70 (73.7)33441145210.691
Diabetes
no. (%)
33 (31.2)122172290.885

Total40 (42.1)55 (57.8)16 (16.8)60 (63.2)25 (26.3)

AAA: abdominal aortic aneurysm, CAD: coronary arterial disease, sd: standard deviation, NP: not performed.