Table 2. Comparisons of means of far-wall mean CCA IMT.

	Males				Females
	n	Mean	SD	p-value	n	Mean	SD	p-value
CCA plaque				< 0.0001				< 0.0001
No	557	0.653	0.103		904	0.625	0.091
Yes	78	0.771	0.124		40	0.784	0.160
Metabolic syndrome				< 0.0001				< 0.0001
No	457	0.653	0.103		719	0.619	0.094
Yes	178	0.705	0.127		225	0.672	0.109
Diabetes mellitus				< 0.0001				< 0.0001
No	566	0.661	0.110		872	0.691	0.097
Yes
Newly diagnosed	31	0.699	0.124		25	0.654	0.091
Previously diagnosed	38	0.738	0.115		47	0.712	0.130
Hypertension				< 0.0001				< 0.0001
No	350	0.641	0.103		628	0.611	0.090
Yes
Newly diagnosed	132	0.688	0.114		172	0.664	0.096
Previously diagnosed	153	0.711	0.117		144	0.682	0.118
History of CVD				< 0.0001				0.81
No	610	0.664	0.111		929	0.632	0.101
Yes	25	0.753	0.136		15	0.638	0.078
Cigarette smoking				0.31				0.0023
Never	328	0.661	0.108		865	0.634	0.101
Ex-smokers	121	0.669	0.117		24	0.625	0.113
Current smokers	182	0.677	0.119		48	0.583	0.064
Alcohol drinking				0.55				0.39
Never	464	0.668	0.116		875	0.630	0.100
Ex-drinkers	97	0.674	0.090		39	0.639	0.106
Current drinkers	73	0.655	0.118		22	0.658	0.097