Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data in patients with carotid atherosclerosis
| Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis (n=113) |
Symptomatic Atherosclerosis (n=95) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
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| % | % | Fisher’s exact |
|
| Gender (male) | 73 | 82 | 0.1371 |
| Smoking | 77 | 72 | 0.3722 |
| Hypertension | 89 | 83 | 0.1683 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 75 | 69 | 0.3546 |
| Diabetes | 22 | 27 | 0.3811 |
| Peripheral Vascular Disease | 27 | 27 | 0.9916 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | 44 | 48 | 0.5476 |
| Mean (std) | Mean (std) | t-test | |
|
| |||
| Age | 70 (9.1) | 70(8.4) | 0.5831 |
| White Blood Cell Count | 7.4 (2.0) | 7.6 (2.3) | 0.9981 |