Figure 1.

Forest plot of HR of the combined end point (MI, stroke, or vascular death) per SD of average mean CCA-IMT in subjects with diabetes. Note that pooled small studies included Atherosclerosis and Insulin Resistance study (AIR); CAPS; Chinese Multi-provincial Cohort Study (CMCS); Diabetes, Impaired glucose tolerance in Women and Atherosclerosis (DIWA); Edinburgh Artery Study (EAS); Estudio epidemiológico sobre enfermedades y factores de riesgo cardiovasculares en ancianos españoles (EPICARDIAN); Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease study (KIHD); NOMAS/INVEST; Progression of Lesions in the Intima of the Carotid (PLIC); and Salzburg Atherosclerosis Prevention program in subjects at High Individual Risk (SAPHIR).