Table 1:

Baseline patient characteristics

Baseline Patient Characteristics (n = 109)	Value
Age (years; mean ± SD)	62.8 ± 8.5
Male sex (n [%])	70 (64%)
Hypertension (n [%])	76 (70%)
Hypercholesterolemia (n [%])	90 (83%)
Diabetes mellitus (n [%])	11 (10%)
Smoking (current or past; n [%])	87 (80%)
Previous cardiovascular disease (n [%])	19 (17%)
Previous cerebrovascular disease (n [%])	25 (23)%
Symptoms (n [%])
Amaurosis fugax	18 (17%)
Transient ischemic attack	50 (46%)
Minor stroke	41 (38%)
Use of secondary preventive medication during FU (n [%])
Cholesterol lowering	98 (90%)
Antihypertensive	80 (73%)
Antidiabetic	17 (16%)
Time delay BL–FU MDCTA (years; mean ± SD)	5.3 ± 0.7