Investigating the relationship between intracranial atherosclerotic plaque remodelling and diabetes using high-resolution vessel wall imaging

Table 1 Comparison of clinical data between positive remodelling group, intermediate remodelling group and negative remodelling group

	PR group (n = 31)	IR group (n = 8)	NR group (n = 55)	F/H/χ2 value	P value
Age	57.61 ± 12.77	56.00 ± 14.99	54.35 ± 11.46	0.716	0.491
Sex (%)	20 (64.5)	5 (62.5)	40 (72.7)	0.808	0.668
Hypertension (%)	22 (71)	4 (50)	37 (67.3)	1.269	0.530
Diabetes (%)	14 (45.2)	2 (25)	9 (16.4)	8.433	0.015
Triglyceride	1.88 ± 0.97	1.61 (1.10, 1.67)	1.64 (1.09, 2.33)	5.029	0.081
Cholesterol	4.54 (4.16, 5.93)	4.80 ± 1.22	4.14 (3.53, 4.75)	3.159	0.019

PR: Positive remodelling; IR: Intermediate remodelling; NR: Negative remodelling.

Table 2 Comparison of clinical data between the positive remodelling group and the non positive remodelling group

	PR group (n = 31)	N-PR group (n = 63)	t/z/χ2 value	P value
Age	57.61 ± 12.77	54.56 ± 11.83	1.147	0.254
Sex (%)	20 (64.5)	45 (71.4)	0.465	0.495
Hypertension (%)	22 (71)	41 (65.1)	0.326	0.568
Diabetes (%)	14 (45.2)	11 (17.5)	8.166	0.004
Triglyceride	1.64 (1.23, 2.33)	1.55 (1.06, 1.67)	2.191	0.028
Cholesterol	4.54 (4.16, 5.93)	4.24 (3.53, 4.89)	2.452	0.014

PR: Positive remodelling; N-PR: Non positive remodelling.

Table 3 Analysis of independent factors associated with plaque positive remodelling

	OR (95%CI)	P value
Diabetes	3.718 (1.207-11.454)	0.022
Hypertension	1.077 (0.377-3.079)	0.890
Sex	0.558 (0.189-1.644)	0.290
Age	0.996 (0.952-1.042)	0.860
Triglyceride	1.977 (0.979-3.995)	0.057