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Table 1 Proportion of lipid-rich necrotic core across normalized wall index.

From: Association between wall metrics and identification of lipid-rich necrotic core in the early-stage atherosclerosis using magnetic resonance imaging

NWI

Number

Proportion

P value (comparing to the 4th quartile)

1st quartile (<= 0.36)

24

0/24 (0%)

< 0.0001

2nd quartile (0.37–0.39)

23

2/23 (8.7%)

0.0001

3rd quartile (0.40–0.45)

32

9/32 (28.1%)

0.007

4th quartile (> 0.45)

23

18/27 (66.7%)

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