Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients.

	N (%) or mean (SD)
Total	N = 168
Age	73.05 (8.47)
Gender
Male	123 (73.2%)
Female	45 (26.8%)
Cerebrovascular disease
Symptomatic patients	42 (25.0%)
Ipsilateral major stroke	21 (12.5%)
TIA	21 (12.5%)
Asymptomatic patients	126 (75.0%)
Risk factors
Hypertension	145 (86.3%)
Diabetes	71 (42.3%)
Smoking habit	82 (48.8%)
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) (>100 mg/dL)	65 (38.7%)
Low eGFR (<60mL/min per 1.73 m2)	53 (31.5%)
Obesity (BMI >30 kg/m2)	26 (15.5%)
Drugs
Statins	100 (59.5)
Diuretics	66 (39.3)
Associated vascular disease
Previous myocardial infarction	34 (20.2)
Peripheral arterial disease	53 (31.5)
Aortic aneurysm	10 (6.0)
Histological type of carotid plaque
Plaques with nodular calcification	21 (12.5%)
Plaques with non-nodular calcification	147 (87.5%)
Stable plaques	76 (45.2%)
Fibroatheroma	25 (14.9%)
Fibrocalcific	51 (30.3)
Unstable plaques	71 (42.3%)
Thrombotic plaque	31 (18.5%)
TCFA	12 (7.1%)
With a thrombus in organization	28 (16.7%)