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. 2017 Jul 27;12(7):e0182090. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182090

Fig 1. Flow diagram of study subjects.

Fig 1

Cross-sectional assessment of carotid plaques was performed for the 21,342 enrolled subjects; of these, 3,391 subjects who showed sustained thyroid functional status with at least 5 years of follow-up were screened for longitudinal assessment of new carotid plaques.