Correlation of Serum Uric Acid Levels with Nonculprit Plaque Instability in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes: A 3-Vessel Optical Coherence Tomography Study
Table 2
Quantitative and qualitative optical coherence tomography findings on plaques stability.
Variable
Tertile
value
Low
Intermediate
High
OCT quantitative data
Minimum lumen area, mm2
6.02 ± 1.1
5.02 ± 1.46
5.38 ± 1.2
<0.001
Fibrous-cap thickness, mm
0.15 ± 0.0
0.07 ± 0.0
0.04 ± 0.0
<0.001
Plaque length, mm
16.03 ± 8.37
15.61 ± 7.51
15.62 ± 7.09
0.915
Mean lipid arc (°)
169.41 ± 33.1
177.22 ± 37.7
222.43 ± 47.6
<0.001
Lipid length, mm
10.47 ± 7.27
11.10 ± 7.50
11.28 ± 7.12
0.608
OCT qualitative data, (%)
TCFA
19 (24.36)
43 (27.56
33 (42.30
0.028
Microvessel
21 (26.92)
51 (32.69
10 (12.82
0.005
Macrophage
17 (21.79)
46 (29.49
37 (47.43
0.002
Cholesterol crystal
23 (29.49)
49 (31.41
45 (57.69
<0.001
between low tertile group and intermediate tertile group; between intermediate tertile group and high tertile group; between low tertile group and high tertile group.
