The Relationship between Intracarotid Plaque Neovascularization and Lp (a) and Lp-PLA2 in Elderly Patients with Carotid Plaque Stenosis

Table 1

Baseline data of patients in stable group (, ).

Metrics	Stable group ()	Unstable group ()	/
Age (years)			0.361	0.719
Sex			0.075	0.784
Male	36	23
Female	26	15
Hypertension			0.214	0.643
Yes	43	28
No	19	10
Diabetes			1.831	0.176
Yes	15	14
No	47	24
Cerebral infarction			3.265	0.071
Yes	14	15
No	48	23
Coronary heart disease			3.552	0.059
Yes	28	10
No	34	28
Statin therapy			1.045	0.307
Yes	55	36
No	7	2
Degree of carotid artery stenosis			3.026	0.388
Mild	25	13
Moderate	12	5
Severe	18	11
Occlusion	7	9
Reason for visit			2.464	0.292
Coronary ischemia	31	25
Cerebral artery ischemia	20	9
Other	11	4
Maximum thickness of carotid plaque (mm)			2.234	0.028
Total thickness of carotid plaque (mm)			2.254	0.026