Table 2.
Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth (PDAY) risk score and carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) by sex and age
| Sex | Age, years (2001) | Number of subjects | PDAY risk scores | Carotid IMT | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 2001 | 2001 | ||||||||
| Median | 25 th-75th percentiles | Median | 25th-75th percentiles | Median, mm | 25th-75th percentiles, mm | Subjects above 90th percentile and/or plaque | ||||
| Number | Prevalence (%) | |||||||||
| Men | 27 | 122 | 0.5 | 0-3 | 4 | 2-7 | 0.5675 | 0.5175-0.6175 | 10 | 8.20 |
| 30-33 | 254 | 1 | 0-4 | 4 | 2-8 | 0.5825 | 0.5325-0.6400 | 28 | 11.02 | |
| 36-39 | 210 | 4 | 1-6 | 6 | 3-9 | 0.6150 | 0.5450-0.6850 | 40 | 19.05 | |
| Overall | 586 | 2 | 0-4 | 5 | 2-8 | 0.5913 | 0.5325-0.6500 | 78 | 13.31 | |
| Women | 27 | 158 | 1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0-4 | 0.5450 | 0.4975-0.5925 | 6 | 3.80 |
| 30-33 | 292 | 1 | 0-3 | 2 | 0-4 | 0.5675 | 0.5188-0.6165 | 15 | 5.14 | |
| 36-39 | 243 | 1 | 0-3 | 2 | 1-5 | 0.6050 | 0.5425-0.6775 | 35 | 14.40 | |
| Overall | 693 | 1 | 0-3 | 2 | 0-4 | 0.5700 | 0.5200-0.6375 | 56 | 8.08 | |
| Overall | 1279 | 1 | 0-4 | 3 | 1-6 | 0.5800 | 0.5275-0.6425 | 134 | 10.48 | |