| |
Postmortem AVs
with HO(n=4) |
Postmortem AVs without HO (n=71) |
P-value |
| Age (y), range (mean) |
64-86 (76.3) |
50-88 (71.0) |
0.308* |
| Gender (male/female) |
3/1 |
43/28 |
0.961† |
| Moderate calcification |
1 |
5 |
0.289‡ |
| Foamy cell aggregation |
4 |
38 |
0.034‡ |
| Lymphoplasmacytic infiltration |
0 |
4 |
0.512† |
AVs: aortic valves; HO: heterotopic ossification; ThNC-Vs: thin capillary vessel-like neovessels; ThKA-Vs: thick arteriole-like neovessels.
*Unpaired t-test.
†Chi-square test.
‡Fisher’s exact test. |
