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. 2017 May 4;8(46):81261–81272. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.17608

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)