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. 2013 Apr 24;2(2):e000087. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000087

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© 2013 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley-Blackwell.

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Figure 1. — Kaplan‐Meier curves depicting the probability of developing a cardiovascular event as a function of time for the different plaque metrics (absence of plaque is the blue line; presence of plaque is the red line): (A) any plaque,¹⁰ (B) stenosis ≥25%,¹² (C) median of maximum ICA IMT,¹³ (D) any plaque or maximum IMT >1.5 mm,^7,11 (E) maximum ICA IMT >1.5 mm,⁸ and (F) median of mean of maximum IMT.¹⁵ ICA indicates internal carotid artery; IMT, intima‐media thickness; CVD, cardiovascular disease.