Table 2. Number of patients with at least one atherosclerotic plaque, carotid involvement (unilateral/bilateral), and grade of maximum stenosis.
| Distal DVT ( N = 57) | Proximal DVT ( N = 59) | Controls ( N = 57) | Distal DVT vs. controls OR (95% CI) |
Proximal DVT vs. controls OR (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carotid plaques | |||||
| Presence, no. (%) | 38 (66.7) | 33 (55.9) | 29 (50.9) | 1.93 (0.91–4.12) p 0.087 |
1.23 (0.59–2.54) p 0.585 |
| Bilateral, no. (%) | 23 (60.5) | 17 (51.5) | 13 (44.8) | 1.89 (0.71–5.02) p 0.202 |
1.31 (0.48–3.56 p 0.599 |
| Stenosis | |||||
| Normal, no. (%) | 19 (33.3) | 26 (44.1) | 28 (49.1) | 1 | 1 |
| < 50%, no. (%) | 38 (66.7) | 32 (54.2) | 28 (49.1) | 2.00 (0.94–4.28) p 0.072 |
1.23 (0.59–2.57) p 0.580 |
| 50–69%, no. (%) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.7) | 1 (1.8) | – | 1.08 (0.06–18.12) p 0.959 |
| ≥ 70%, no. (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – | – |
| Near occlusion, no. (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – | – |
| Total occlusion, no. (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – | – |
| Intima-media thickness | |||||
| > 0.9 mm, no. (%) | 38 (66.7) | 42 (71.2) | 27 (47.4) | 2.22 (1.04–4.74) p 0.037 |
2.75 (1.28–5.91) p 0.009 |
| Bilateral, no. (%) | 27 (71.0) | 28 (66.7) | 15 (55.6) | 1.96 (0.70–5.52) p 0.198 |
1.60 (0.59–4.32) p 0.353 |