Table 3.

Meta-analyses on the increased CIMT and carotid plaque incidence with cardiovascular risk factors.

	Song et al. 2020 [62]	Ji et al. 2019 [85]
Risk Factor	Pooled Data OR (95% CI)	Pooled Data OR (95% CI)
Increased CIMT (>1.0 mm) Age Female sex Current smoking Diabetes Hypertension Dyslipidemia	2.71 (2.07–3.55) 0.49 (0.38–0.64) 1.76 (1.34–2.30) 2.23 (1.48–3.36)	N/A N/A N/A N/A
	1.55 (1.03–2.34)	2.60 (1.33–5.08)
	0.90 (0.65–1.25)	N/A
Carotid plaque Age Female sex Current smoking Diabetes Hypertension Dyslipidemia HDL-C LDL-C Hypertriglyceridemia Hyperuricemia Hyperhomocysteinemia Metabolic syndrome	1.79 (0.93–3.43) 0.55 (0.33–0.94)	- -
	1.70 (1.41–2.04) 1.45 (1.12–1.90) 1.75 (1.44–2.13) - 0.46 (0.21–0.99) - - - - -	1.41 (1.08–1.87) 1.31 (1.13–1.53) 1.81 (1.55–2.13) 1.20 (0.80–1.82) 1.28 (0.99–1.67) 1.11 (1.08–1.13) 1.33 (1.14–1.55) 1.57 (1.11–2.22) 1.88 (1.19–2.95) 1.71 (1.10–2.66)