Table 2.

Changes in echo markers of carotid atherosclerosis in patients with T2DM and control subjects between the first and control echo examination after 3.8 ± 0.5 years

	Patients with T2DM n = 426	Subjects without T2DM n = 137	p
Annual CIMT increment (μm/year)	20.33 (11.74–29.86)	12.83 (8.82–20.66)	0.02
Δ number of plaque segments	2.0 (1.0–3.0)	1.5 (0.7–2.2)	0.03
Δ sum of the plaques thickness (mm)	5.40 (2.40–7.05)	3.64 (2.88–5.48)	0.02

Δ- variable value changes during the observation period, expressed as a percentage of baseline values