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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2013 May 23;44(8):2101–2108. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.000745

Table 3.

Traditional and Less Traditional Risk Factors among Individuals with Unexplained cIMT

Characteristics Unexplained cIMT (Bottom 10%) Unexplained cIMT (Top 10%) P Bottom 10% vs. Top 10%
N 179 179
Mean Age, years±SD 70.2±9.7 70.3±7.8 0.94
Male sex 67 (37) 74 (41) 0.45
LDL-C 132.8±32.5 132.9±34.9 0.96
BMI 28.2±4.8 28.3±5.3 0.83
Glucose 100.1±36.2 104.8±45.1 0.27
Adiponectin 10.3±4.9 9.9±4.0 0.44
Smoking, pack-years 11.8±21.6 11.1±22.8 0.78
Race, black 40 (22) 37 (21) 0.70
Lipid-lowering meds 28 (16) 30 (17) 0.77
BP-lowering meds 74 (41) 67 (37) 0.45
Predicted cIMT (mm) 0.91±0.03 0.91±0.03 0.49
Observed cIMT (mm) 1.05±0.06 0.80±0.05 2.37×10-133