Aortic and Internal Carotid Atherosclerosis in Patients with Carotid Stenosis: Semiautomatic Volumetric Analysis of Low-Attenuation Plaque on Curved Planar Reformations Using MDCT Angiographic Data
Table 3
Univariate correlations of each low attenuation and totally uncalcified plaque volume in the ICAs with that in the aortic arch.
Age (years- old)
Aortic LPV
Aortic TUPV
ICA LPV
ICA TUPV
Men
< 70
0.354
0.584
−0.089
−0.089
≧70
0.122
0.111
0.056
−0.046
Cerebral infarction
< 70
0.209
0.281
−0.431
−0.399
≧70
−0.077
0.041
−0.194
−0.092
Hyperlipidemia
< 70
0.478
0.469
−0.319
−0.301
≧70
0.152
0.294
0.132
0.172
% stenosis ratio in ICA
< 70
0.583
0.197
−0.294
−0.360
≧70
0.102
−0.016
0.056
0.043
>30% stenosis In ICA
< 70
0.714
0.403
−0.250
−0.250
≧70
0.018
−0.023
−0.041
−0.068
Plaque thickness in ICA
< 70
0.405
0.029
−0.226
−0.309
≧70
0.224
0.383
0.411
0.565
LPV: low-attenuation plaque volume, TUPV: total uncalcified plaque volume, : presence of correlation, and : marginal correlation.
