| Characteristics |
Carotid ultrasound normal N=93 |
Carotid ultrasound abnormal N=82 |
p-value |
| N |
(%) |
N |
(%) |
| Diabetes (at the time of ultrasound) |
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
87 |
(55) |
70 |
(45) |
0.171 |
| Yes |
6 |
(38) |
10 |
(63) |
|
| History of high blood pressure (at the time of ultrasound) |
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
79 |
(59) |
56 |
(41) |
0.013 |
| Yes |
14 |
(36) |
25 |
(64) |
|
| Any concurrent statin use (at the time of ultrasound) |
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
86 |
(54) |
74 |
(46) |
0.599 |
| Yes |
7 |
(47) |
8 |
(53) |
|
| History of smoking (at the time of ultrasound) |
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
31 |
(63) |
18 |
(37) |
0.168 |
| Yes |
46 |
(51) |
44 |
(49) |
|
| History of alcohol consumption (at the time of ultrasound) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Never |
26 |
(55) |
21 |
(45) |
0.477 |
| Former |
4 |
(40) |
6 |
(60) |
|
| Current |
44 |
(60) |
29 |
(40) |
|
| History of renal failure (at the time of ultrasound) |
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
86 |
(54) |
72 |
(46) |
0.994 |
| Yes |
6 |
(55) |
5 |
(45) |
|
| BMI measurement (at the time of ultrasound) (kg/m2) |
27 |
(24-29) |
26 |
(24-28) |
0.767 |
| Framingham score (at time of ultrasound) |
7 |
(4-8) |
8 |
(5-8) |
0.415 |
| CRP value nearest to time of ultrasound (mg/L) |
1 |
(1-3) |
2 |
(1-4) |
0.475 |
| Total cholesterol value nearest to time of ultrasound (mmol/L) |
5.44 |
(4.86-6.30) |
5.46 |
(4.94-6.02) |
0.530 |
| HDL value nearest to time of ultrasound (mmol/L) |
1.09 |
(0.93-1.37) |
1.08 |
(0.94-1.22) |
0.766 |
| LDL value nearest to time of ultrasound (mmol/L) |
3.22 |
(2.73-4.07) |
3.25 |
(2.80-3.80) |
0.815 |
| Triglyceride value nearest to time of ultrasound (mmol/L) |
2.13 |
(1.56-3.56) |
2.25 |
(1.41-3.18) |
0.625 |
| apoB value nearest to time of ultrasound (g/L) |
1.11 |
(0.95-1.28) |
1.15 |
(0.97-1.28) |
0.439 |
| Glucose value nearest to time of ultrasound (mmol/L) |
5.50 |
(5.10-5.90) |
5.70 |
(5.30-6.00) |
0.055 |
Note: * For continuous variables, we presented the median and the 25