Table 4.

Association between lifestyle-related factors and carotid plaques

Lifestyle factor	No. of participants	Carotid plaques
		OR (95% CI)a	OR (95% CI)b
Smoking
Yes	4158	Reference	Reference
No	5268	0.43(0.41–0.45)**	0.51(0.48–0.54)**
Dringking
Yes	5297	Reference	Reference
No	4129	0.46(0.44–0.48)**	0.53(0.51–0.56)**
Lifestyle
Unfavourable	2869	Reference	Reference
Intermediate	3736	0.71(0.67–0.75)**	0.70(0.66–0.75)**
Favourable	2821	0.28(0.27–0.29)**	0.31(0.29–0.33)**

^aModel 1: unadjusted;

^bModel 2: adjusted for age, sex, SBP, DBP, HbA1c;

Compared with no carotid plaque, ^* P < 0.05, ^** P < 0.01