Age-Related Differences in the Association between Plasma High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Noncalcified or Mixed Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques

Table 3

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study subjects according to age-specific tertiles of hsCRP.

Variables
	<1.02 ()	1.02-2.37 ()	>2.37 ()		<1.25 ()	1.25–2.70 ()	>2.70 ()
Age (years)				0.891				0.058
BMI (kg/m^2)				<0.001				0.617
Male, (%)	111 (63.1%)	111 (63.1%)	120 (68.6%)	0.460	76 (53.9%)	56 (39.4%)	62 (44.0%)	0.044
Hypertension, (%)	92 (52.3%)	117 (66.5%)	118 (67.4%)	0.005	102 (72.3%)	102 (71.8%)	115 (81.6%)	0.103
Diabetes, (%)	25 (14.2%)	35 (19.9%)	42 (24.0%)	0.066	39 (27.7%)	46 (32.4%)	37 (26.2%)	0.488
Dyslipidemia, (%)	108 (61.4%)	122 (69.3%)	117 (66.9%)	0.273	113 (80.1%)	107 (75.4%)	109 (77.3%)	0.624
TC (mmol/L)				0.056				0.041
TG (mmol/L)	1.41 (0.96, 2.11)	1.67 (1.31, 2.41)	1.64 (1.09, 2.49)	0.118	1.28 (0.95, 1.64)	1.51 (1.12, 2.15)	1.41 (1.00, 2.06)	0.380
LDL-C (mmol/L)				0.091				0.011
HDL-C (mmol/L)				<0.001				0.001
CCTA data, (%)
CR	54 (30.7%)	61 (11.6%)	46 (26.3%)	0.234	11 (7.8%)	18 (12.7%)	9 (6.4%)	0.151
CP	53 (30.1%)	44 (25.0%)	62 (35.4%)	0.104	92 (65.2%)	68 (47.9%)	69 (48.9%)	0.005
NCP/MP	69 (39.2%)	71 (40.3%)	67 (38.3%)	0.925	38 (27.0%)	56 (39.4%)	63 (44.7%)	0.007

Abbreviations: hsCRP—high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; BMI—body mass index; TC—total cholesterol; TG—triglycerides; HDL-C—high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C—low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; CCTA—coronary computed tomography angiography; CR—control; CP—calcified plaque; NCP—noncalcified plaque; MP—mixed plaque.