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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2011 Feb 18;216(2):359–364. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.02.023

Figure 1. The effect of multiple risk factors on IMT of femoral artery and different segments of carotid artery in young adults. The Bogalusa Heart Study.

Figure 1

A highly significant trend of increasing thickness is shown with greater numbers of risk factors. Risk factors included were total cholesterol / HDL cholesterol ratio, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, insulin level (75th percentile specific for age, race, gender) and smoking.

p for trend = 0.003 for femoral; p for trend = 0.001 for CCA, bulb, ICA and composite carotid

CCA, common carotid artery; Bulb, carotid bulb; ICA, internal carotid artery; Com, composite carotid.