TABLE 3. Prevalence of LVH assessed with carotid IMT and plaque.

Values are expressed as number (percentile).

LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; CCA, common carotid artery; IMT, intima-media thickness; CB, carotid bulb.

^*Quartile 1: median value 0.594, interquartile range 0.549-0.609, range (min-max) 0.387-0.641 mm; quartile 2: median value 0.688, interquartile range 0.670-0.698, range (min-max), 0.642-0.732 mm, quartile 3: median value 0.775, interquartile range 0.733-0.779, range (min-max) 0.733-0.822 mm; quartile 4: median value 0.876, interquartile range 0.859-0.959, range (min-max) 0.823-1.839 mm.

^†Quartile 1, median value 0.688, interquartile range 0.640-0.707, range (min-max) 0.420-0.733 mm; quartile 2: median value 0.785, interquartile range 0.777-0.823, range (min-max) 0.734-0.830 mm, quartile 3: median value 0.875, interquartile range 0.869-0.914, range (min-max) 0.831-0.932 mm; quartile 4: median value 1.01, interquartile range 0.966-1.10, range (min-max) 0.933-2.070 mm.

^‡Eleven subjects with missing CB-IMT information were excluded.