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Patient's baseline characteristics
| Patients with risk factors (N/%) | 451 (81.26%) | Carotid plaque |
| Sex (M/F) | 175/276 | |
| Age (y ± SD) | 67.6 ± 11.7 | |
| All patients | 108 (19.45%) | |
| History of hypertension (N/%) | 333 (73.8%) | |
| History of dyslipidemia (N/%) | 249 (55.2%) | |
| History of diabetes mellitus (N/%) | 100 (22.2%) | |
| Cardiovascular history (N/%) | 71 (15.7%) | |
| Current smoking (N/%) | 65 (14.4%) | |
| Patients without risk factors (N/%) | 104 (18.73%) | 12 (2.1%) |
| Sex (M/F) | 42/62 | |
| Age (y ± SD) | 64.6 ± 15.1 |
