Table 2.

Distribution of atherosclerosis markers between the BMI trajectory groups

	Normal weight	Overweight	Obese	p
Carotid plaque volume	(n = 181)	(n = 185)	(n = 46)	0.703
No plaque	53 (29.3%)	50 (27.0%)	14 (30.4%)
Small plaque	39 (21.5%)	49 (49.0%)	12 (26.1%)
Medium plaque	48 (26.5%)	42 (22.7%)	7 (15.2%)
Large plaque	41 (22.7%)	44 (23.8%)	13 (28.3%)
Carotid IMT [mm] (n = 407)	0.801 ± 0.14 (n = 166)	0.819 ± 0.16 (n = 169)	0.868 ± 0.16 (n = 36)	0.057
Carotid Distensibility [kPa−1] (n = 376)	18.39 ± 7.46 (n = 154)	18.65 ± 7.16 (n = 154)	15.02 ± 6.6 (n = 41)	0.015
Carotid Elastography [SR] (n = 432)	0.757 ± 0.26 (n = 178)	0.757 ± 0.31 (n = 179)	0.932 ± 0.46 (n = 42)	0.003