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Published in final edited form as: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2014 Sep;27(9):998–1005.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.06.013

Table 1. Demographic and risk factor characteristics by CIMT percentile category.

CIMT range	<25^th %tile (1095)	25^th-75^th %tile (2194)	>75^th %tile (1095)
Age, mean ± SD	70.78±4.63	72.25±5.17	74.46±6.00
Systolic BP (mm Hg), mean ± SD	129.35±18.70	136.33±21.10	142.94±22.26
Cholesterol (mg/dl), mean ± SD	208.82±37.95	211.32±37.57	217.47±41.84
HDL (mg/dl), mean ± SD	57.70±16.71	55.46±15.86	53.39±14.23
African American, n (%)	112 (10.2%)	339 (15.5%)	184 (16.8%)
Male, n (%)	428 (39.1%)	857 (39.1%)	428 (39.1%)
Hypertension medication, n (%)	329 (30.0%)	876 (39.9%)	512 (46.8%)
Diabetes, n (%)	100 (9.1%)	287 (13.1%)	221 (20.2%)
Smoking category, n (%)
Never smoked	585 (53.4%)	1063 (48.5%)	432 (39.5%)
Former smoker	415 (37.9%)	889 (40.5%)	460 (42.0%)
Current smoker	95 (8.7%)	242 (11.0%)	203 (18.5%)
Plaque risk category, n (%)
None	675 (61.6%)	363 (16.5%)	18 (1.6%)
Intermediate-risk	169 (15.4%)	586 (26.7%)	183 (16.7%)
High-risk	251 (22.9%)	1245 (56.7%)	894 (81.6%)