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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2014 Nov 21;23(2):194–205. doi: 10.1177/2047487314560664

Table 1.

Baseline and follow-up information available on inflammatory markers and common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCA-IMT).

	Baseline information		Follow-up information (a mean of 3.9 years later)
	No. of studies/participants	Mean (SD)	No. of studies/participants	Mean (SD)
CCA-IMT, mm	20/49,097	0.74 (0.18)	20/36,528	0.77 (0.18)
CCA-IMT progression, mm/year		–	20/36,528	0.0111 (0.0389)
hsCRP, mg/dl	19/28,090	0.18 (0.22)^*	11/15,934	0.19 (0.21)^*
Fibrinogen, mg/dl	13/35,096	310 (72)	6/10,941	318 (72)
Leucocyte count, 10³/μl	13/39,541	6.3 (1.9)	8/25,034	6.1 (1.9)

CCA-IMT: common carotid artery intima-media thickness; hsCRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; SD: standard deviation

Geometric mean (approximate SD).