Table 3 Comparison of CMR characteristics of atherosclerosis between left and right femoral arteries
|  | Mean ± SD or n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
CFA | pSFA | AC | PA | |
Lumen area, mm² | ||||
 Left | 49.0 ± 11.7 | 28.9 ± 8.1 | 24.4 ± 6.4 | 24.3 ± 6.3 |
 Right | 50.3 ± 12.0 | 29.9 ± 8.2 | 25.6 ± 6.5 | 25.7 ± 7.6 |
 p# | 0.010 | 0.002 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Wall area, mm² | ||||
 Left | 43.4 ± 8.4 | 32.4 ± 5.9 | 29.7 ± 5.5 | 31.2 ± 6.0 |
 Right | 41.6 ± 7.9 | 31.8 ± 5.8 | 29.5 ± 5.5 | 29.9 ± 5.5 |
 p# | 0.002 | 0.438 | 0.240 | 0.001 |
Normalized wall index, % | ||||
 Left | 47.3 ± 5.1 | 53.4 ± 4.9 | 55.3 ± 0.5 | 56.5 ± 4.8 |
 Right | 45.6 ± 5.5 | 52.1 ± 4.3 | 53.7 ± 0.5 | 54.3 ± 5.5 |
 p# | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Maximum Wall thickness, mm | ||||
 Left | 2.4 ± 1.0 | 2.1 ± 0.7 | 1.94 ± 0.7 | 2.2 ± 0.8 |
 Right | 2.2 ± 1.0 | 2.0 ± 0.7 | 1.91 ± 0.7 | 2.1 ± 1.1 |
 p# | 0.028 | 0.284 | 0.573 | 0.938 |
Eccentricity index | ||||
 Left | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.2 |
 Right | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.2 |
 p# | 0.263 | 0.144 | 0.588 | 0.529 |
Luminal stenosis, %a | ||||
 Left | 39.1 ± 14.0 | 37.5 ± 16.7 | 33.8 ± 10.7 | 36.9 ± 10.1 |
 Right | 36.5 ± 20.7 | 34.0 ± 15.4 | 36.4 ± 12.7 | 36.7 ± 12.8 |
 p# | 0.901 | 0.284 | 0.207 | 0.789 |
Presence of plaque | ||||
 Left | 34 (31.8) | 26 (24.5) | 16 (15.2) | 32 (30.5) |
 Right | 28 (26.2) | 19 (17.9) | 17 (16.2) | 30 (28.6) |
 p# | 0.219 | 0.231 | 0.809 | 0.848 |