Table 4. The prevalence of carotid plaque by BMI for all participants in this study.
| Characteristics/Risk factors | Underweight | Normal | Overweight | Obesity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | P | n (%) | P | n (%) | P | n (%) | P | |
| Gender: | 0.011 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.002 | ||||
| Men | 21 (77.8) | 280 (50.3) | 332 (50.8) | 149 (46.1) | ||||
| Women | 17 (43.6) | 259 (38.4) | 314 (33.1) | 202 (35.8) | ||||
| Age group: | 0.013 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| 45~54 years | 2 (18.2) | 81 (22.6) | 112 (21.3) | 86 (25.4) | ||||
| 55~64 years | 14 (60.9) | 218 (45.8) | 283 (44.0) | 169 (45.4) | ||||
| 65~74 years | 15 (78.9) | 140 (55.3) | 163 (51.9) | 52.2 (72) | ||||
| ≥75 years | 7 (53.8) | 100 (69.4) | 88 (73.9) | 24 (61.5) | ||||
| Education group: | 0.090 | < 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.008 | ||||
| 0 year | 15 (62.5) | 118 (52.4) | 123 (46.6) | 62 (42.5) | ||||
| 1 year∼ | 17 (68.0) | 267 (46.9) | 300 (42.7) | 175 (44.0) | ||||
| ≥6 years | 6 (35.3) | 154 (35.2) | 223 (35.0) | 114 (33.1) | ||||
| Risk factors: | ||||||||
| Hypertension | 0.805 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 18 (60.0) | 373 (50.3) | 512 (46.3) | 310 (43.8) | ||||
| No | 20 (55.6) | 166 (33.8) | 134 (26.9) | 41 (22.7) | ||||
| Diabetes | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.020 | |||||
| Yes | − | 68 (61.3) | 132 (53.7) | 82 (46.6) | ||||
| No | 38 (58.5) | 462 (42.0) | 498 (37.6) | 265 (37.7) | ||||
| Current smoking | 0.090 | 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.044 | ||||
| Yes | 12 (75.0) | 173 (50.7) | 199 (49.3) | 85 (45.2) | ||||
| No | 26 (52.0) | 366 (41.1) | 447 (37.3) | 266 (38.0) | ||||
| Alcohol drinking | 0.451 | 0.646 | 0.410 | 0.179 | ||||
| Yes | 6 (75.0) | 94 (45.2) | 112 (42.6) | 51 (45.5) | ||||
| No | 32 (55.2) | 445 (43.5) | 534 (39.9) | 300 (38.7) | ||||
| Central obesity | 0.397 | 0.055 | 0.864 | 0.169 | ||||
| Yes | − | 137 (48.9) | 469 (40.2) | 340 (39.2) | ||||
| No | 35 (61.4) | 402 (42.2) | 177 (40.7) | 11 (55.0) | ||||