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Table 2 Geometric configurations and basilar artery plaque locations

From: Relationship between the geometry patterns of vertebrobasilar artery and atherosclerosis

Configuration

Ventral wall

Dorsal wall

Lateral wall

P *

Walking (14)

14.86%

35.07%

49.79%

0.021

Tuning Fork (16)

32.03%

41.20%

28.90%

0.632

Dominant-Lambda (40)

24.48%

40.03%

35.09%

0.083

Hypoplasia-Lambda (14)

14.43%

58.57%

26.71%

0.0012

P

0.268

0.291

0.220

 
  1. P indicates comparisons in four groups, P* indicates comparisons in the ventral, dorsal, and lateral sides of BA wall
  2. 1, ventral vs. Dorsal, p = 0.095; ventral vs. Lateral, p = 0.005; dorsal vs. lateral p = 0.220
  3. 2, ventral vs. Dorsal, p = 0.000; ventral vs. Lateral, p = 0.284; dorsal vs. lateral p = 0.008
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