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Table 4 Correlations between changes in CAG findings and changes in OCT measurements

From: Comparison of coronary arterial lumen dimensions on angiography and plaque characteristics on optical coherence tomography images and their changes induced by statin

Changes in CAG measurements

Changes in OCT measurements

Correlation

p-value

Change in minimal lumen diameter, mm

Change in fibrous-cap thickness, μm

−0.009

0.928

Change in Maximum lipid arc, °

−0.096

0.357

Change in Mean lipid arc, °

−0.079

0.440

Change in Lipid length, mm

0.055

0.595

Change in Lipid index

0.010

0.926

Change in diameter stenosis, %

Change in fibrous-cap thickness, μm

0.085

0.409

Change in Maximum lipid arc, °

0.157

0.130

Change in Mean lipid arc, °

0.059

0.568

Change in Lipid length, mm

−0.053

0.605

Change in Lipid index

−0.018

0.866

Change in lesion length, mm

Change in fibrous-cap thickness, μm

−0.119

0.247

Change in Maximum lipid arc, °

−0.081

0.436

Change in Mean lipid arc, °

−0.114

0.267

Change in Lipid length, mm

0.092

0.371

Change in Lipid index

−0.031

0.901

  1. Correlations between changes in CAG findings and changes in OCT measurements were analyzed by Pearson or Spearman ranks test. A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant
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BMC Medical Imaging

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