Table 1

Patients

Normal

p-value

Number (total, males)

23.9

22.8

-

Age (mean±SD) [years]

58±11*

29±6*

<0.001

BMC (mean±SD)

28±4

26±5

0.08

Hypertension (n)

16

0

-

Smoking (n)

4

0

-

HDL (n)

6

0

-

Diabetes (n)

1

0

-

AIC (n)

2

0

-

(b) PS-DIR coronary arterial wall thickness and image quality indexes in normals and patients. *difference is statistically significant

Patients

Normal

p-value

Wall thickness (mean±SD) [mm]

1.67±0.23*

1.24±0.15*

<0.001

SNR (mean±SD)

20.1±12.2

21.3±10.6

0.72

CNR (mean±SD)

8.9±5.3

7.2±3.9

0.20

Vessel Sharpness (mean±SD)

31.6±13.3

34.7±16.0

0.46