Table 1.

Patient basic information and sample drawn position.

Patient number	Gender	Age (years)	Clinical diagnosis	Sample drawn position
1	Female	73	Hypertension, coronary heart disease, bilateral carotid artery stenosis	Carotid artery
2	Male	63	Hypertension, coronary heart disease, bilateral carotid atherosclerosis	Carotid artery
3	Male	63	Hypertension, right carotid artery stenosis, type 2 diabetes	Carotid artery
4	Female	73	Hypertension, left carotid artery stenosis	Carotid artery
5	Male	79	Hypertension, right subclavian artery stenosis, cervical spondylosis	Subclavian artery
6	Male	60	Right carotid artery stenosis, type 2 diabetes	Carotid artery
7	Male	80	Peripheral arterial disease	Iliac artery, femoral artery
8	Male	70	Peripheral arterial disease	Iliac artery, femoral artery
9	Male	110	Left carotid artery stenosis	Carotid artery
10	Male	61	Left carotid stenosis, right vertebral artery stenosis	Carotid artery
11	Male	65	Left carotid stenosis, hyperlipidemia, bronchial asthma	Carotid artery
12	Male	56	Aortic-iliac artery obliterans, bilateral renal artery obliterans, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia	Iliac artery
13	Male	55	Peripheral arterial disease	Femoral artery
14	Male	51	Right carotid artery aneurysm, duodenal ulcer	Carotid artery
15	Male	67	Right carotid artery stenosis, type 2 diabetes	Cervical spinal Decompression Surgery