Table 1.

Characteristics carotid AS patients.

Characteristics	Number of cases
Stability
Stable	14
Unstable	22
Age (y)
≥65	15
<65	21
Gender
Male	26
Female	10
BMI (kg/m2)
≤25	24
>25	12
Symptom
Yes	19
No	17
Stenosis
≤90%	13
>90%	13
Hypertension
Yes	31
No	5
Hyperlipidemia
Yes	7
No	29
Ischemic heart disease
Yes	11
No	25
Diabetes
Yes	12
No	24