Table 1.

Summary of studies reporting data on carotid IMT and plaque in patients with MetS compared with their non‐MetS counterparts

First author and reference	Sex or men, %	Sample size, No.	Age, y	MetS, %	IMT MetS, μm	IMT, no MetS, μm	Plaque, MetS, %	Plaque, no MetS, %
Ahluwalia15	53	896	35–65	15	640 ± 110	580 ± 90	25.4	11.2
Kovaite16	46	186	46–65	33	900 ± 390	700 ± 570	49.2	23.2
Paras17	48	796	47 ± 9	17	680 ± 481	650 ± 915	55.0	50.0
Escobedo18	Men	5291	25–64	20	695 ± 116	645 ± 166	9.5	6.4
	Women	6211	25–64	22	682 ± 113	631 ± 177	11.2	6.8
Lee19	Men	634	66 ± 8	15	760 ± 143	745 ± 141	38.1	37.8
	Women	1096	63 ± 8	31	733 ± 139	685 ± 126	20.6	14.5
Della‐Morte20	39	1133	65 ± 9	49	920 ± 90	920 ± 90	74.4	72.2
Antonini‐Canterin21	62	479	59 ± 12	17	880 ± 160	810 ± 190	59.0	37.0
Herder22	Men	1442	56 ± 9	19	870 ± 170	830 ± 170	49.3	42.1
	Women	1532	57 ± 10	18	850 ± 160	770 ± 150	48.4	31.0

Abbreviations: IMT, intima‐media thickness; MetS, metabolic syndrome.

Data are shown as absolute numbers, percentages, or mean ± standard deviation.