Table 6.

Frequency of carotid plaques at enrolment in men and women with comparable burden of traditional CV risk factors categorised by the degree inflammation at disease diagnosis

	Men			Women
	Without any CVRF at enrolment	SCORE low–moderate at enrolment	SCORE high–very high at enrolment	Without CVRF at enrolment	SCORE low–moderate at enrolment	SCORE high–very high at enrolment
CRP <3 mg/L at diagnosis	14/121 (11.6%)	23/100 (23%)	29/81 (35.8%)	11/71 (15.5%)	18/86 (20.9%)	3/9 (33%)
CRP >3 mg/L at diagnosis	32/128 (25%)	29/95 (30.52%)	62/124 (50%)	15/71 (21.1%)	20/96 (20.8%)	15/20 (75%)
P	0.006	0.24	0.045	0.39	0.99	0.032

Values in bold meant that the differences were statistically significant.

CRP, C reactive protein; CV, cardiovascular; CVRF, cardiovascular risk factors; SCORE, Systematic Assessment of Coronary Risk Evaluation.