Table 1 The details of four carotid atherosclerosis-related datasets

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Carotid plaque 29 [advanced 16(thin or thick fibrous cap atheroma);early 13(pathological intimal thickening and intimal xanthoma)]

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Carotid plaque 43 (non-IPH 16;IPH 27)

IPH:intra-plaque hemorrhage

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Carotid plaque 32;Control group(Macroscopically intact carotid tissue adjacent to the atheroma plaque) 32(they are all from media and neo-intima)

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Calcified atherosclerotic core (AC) plaques and patient-matched proximal adjacent (PA) portions of carotid artery were collected from three patients