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Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2011 Nov 7;59(1):29–35. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.181925

Table 2.

Comparison of Vascular Biomarkers and CVD Outcomes Stratified According to Diabetes and Hypertension Status

Variable	No HTN or DM (n=734)	HTN Alone (n=545)	DM Alone (n=432)	HTN and DM (n=730)
Intimal-medial thickness (mm)	0.72±0.14	0.75±0.15^‡	0.75±0.16^§	0.76±0.15^*
Arterial mass (mm²)	15.03±4.12	16.14±4.27^*	16.10±4.49^*	16.59±4.27^*
Atherosclerotic plaque (%)	57.2	66.4^‡	66.4^†	66.2^‡
Plaque score	1.2±1.4	1.6±1.7^*	1.4±1.4	1.6±1.7^*
Incident CVD, n (%)	74 (10.1)	97 (17.8) ^§	110 (25.5)^*	214 (29.3)^*

Abbreviations: CVD=cardiovascular disease; HTN=hypertension; DM=diabetes mellitus

^*

p<0.001,

^†

p<0.05,

^‡

p<0.005,

^§

p<0.01 vs. No HTN or DM group.