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
Hypertension
Hypertension >10 years
values
Age [years] (mean ± sd)
69.2 ± 10.9
72.4 ± 9.1
70.1 ± 11.0
71.6 ± 9.1
69.3 ± 12.5
71.6 ± 9.9
NP
Male/female
83/12
33/7
18/3
13/3
51/9
21/4
0.993
Hyperlipidemia no. (%)
70 (73.7)
33
44
11
45
21
0.691
Diabetes no. (%)
33 (31.2)
12
21
7
22
9
0.885
Total
40 (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.