Table 2. Prevalence of Plaque and Arterial Stenosis by Age and Sex in Each Vascular Territory.
| Territory | Total No. | Participants, No./total No. (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaque | Arterial stenosis | ||||||||||
| 50-54 y | 55-59 y | 60-64 y | 65-69 y | 70-75 y | 50-54 y | 55-59 y | 60-64 y | 65-69 y | 70-75 y | ||
| Intracranial artery | |||||||||||
| Men | 1426 | 38/304 (12.5) | 55/325 (16.9) | 58/337 (17.2) | 70/284 (24.6) | 41/176 (23.3) | 9/304 (3.0) | 9/325 (2.8) | 16/337 (4.7) | 22/284 (7.7) | 10/176 (5.7) |
| Women | 1639 | 37/374 (9.9) | 48/419 (11.5) | 64/369 (17.3) | 67/287 (23.3) | 64/190 (33.7) | 7/374 (1.9) | 12/419 (2.9) | 11/369 (3.0) | 24/287 (8.4) | 23/190 (12.1) |
| Extracranial artery | |||||||||||
| Men | 1419 | 104/303 (34.3) | 130/323 (40.2) | 142/336 (42.3) | 139/283 (49.1) | 86/174 (49.4) | 4/303 (1.3) | 1/323 (0.3) | 8/336 (2.4) | 6/283 (2.1) | 4/174 (2.3) |
| Women | 1630 | 108/373 (29.0) | 128/416 (30.8) | 104/366 (28.4) | 92/285 (32.3) | 77/190 (40.5) | 2/373 (0.5) | 0 | 1/366 (0.3) | 2/285 (0.7) | 5/190 (2.6) |
| Coronary artery | |||||||||||
| Men | 1414 | 114/300 (38.0) | 147/322 (45.7) | 172/336 (51.2) | 181/282 (64.2) | 120/174 (69.0) | 43/300 (14.3) | 41/322 (12.7) | 65/336 (19.3) | 75/282 (26.6) | 68/174 (39.1) |
| Women | 1631 | 76/373 (20.4) | 110/417 (26.4) | 170/367 (46.3) | 154/285 (54.0) | 122/189 (64.6) | 28/373 (7.5) | 40/417 (9.6) | 69/367 (18.8) | 49/285 (17.2) | 64/189 (33.9) |
| Subclavian artery | |||||||||||
| Men | 1396 | 105/295 (35.6) | 157/322 (48.8) | 184/329 (55.9) | 190/279 (68.1) | 129/171 (75.4) | 15/295 (5.1) | 24/322 (7.5) | 30/329 (9.1) | 42/279 (15.1) | 29/171 (17.0) |
| Women | 1615 | 84/371 (22.6) | 146/413 (35.4) | 196/363 (54.0) | 170/281 (60.5) | 139/187 (74.3) | 15/371 (4.0) | 29/413 (7.0) | 44/363 (12.1) | 35/281 (12.5) | 45/187 (24.1) |
| Aortic artery | |||||||||||
| Men | 1412 | 234/300 (78.0) | 267/323 (82.7) | 290/334 (86.8) | 265/281 (94.3) | 165/174 (94.8) | 4/300 (1.4) | 9/323 (2.8) | 12/334 (3.6) | 12/281 (4.3) | 7/174 (4.1) |
| Women | 1626 | 202/373 (54.2) | 282/416 (67.8) | 281/364 (77.2) | 252/285 (88.4) | 181/188 (96.3) | 0 | 2/416 (0.5) | 7/364 (1.9) | 5/285 (1.8) | 7/188 (3.7) |
| Renal artery | |||||||||||
| Men | 1414 | 30/301 (10.0) | 62/323 (19.2) | 86/335 (25.7) | 116/281 (41.3) | 94/174 (54.0) | 3/301 (1.0) | 9/323 (2.8) | 20/335 (6.0) | 29/281 (10.3) | 22/174 (12.6) |
| Women | 1631 | 31/374 (8.3) | 78/418 (18.7) | 133/366 (36.3) | 130/285 (45.6) | 113/188 (60.1) | 2/374 (0.5) | 6/418 (1.4) | 17/366 (4.6) | 16/285 (5.6) | 21/188 (11.2) |
| Iliofemoral artery | |||||||||||
| Men | 1416 | 227/301 (75.4) | 273/323 (84.5) | 301/336 (89.6) | 257/282 (91.1) | 165/174 (94.8) | 40/301 (13.3) | 73/323 (22.6) | 80/336 (23.8) | 91/282 (32.3) | 69/174 (39.7) |
| Women | 1634 | 160/374 (42.8) | 244/418 (58.4) | 271/368 (73.6) | 242/285 (84.9) | 172/189 (91.0) | 4/374 (1.1) | 22/418 (5.3) | 41/368 (11.1) | 46/285 (16.1) | 61/189 (32.3) |
| Ankle-brachial index ≤0.9 | |||||||||||
| Men | 1421 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7/302 (2.3) | 3/324 (0.9) | 5/336 (1.5) | 4/284 (1.4) | 1/175 (0.6) |
| Women | 1626 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10/373 (2.7) | 7/416 (1.7) | 7/366 (1.9) | 3/282 (1.1) | 2/189 (1.1) |
Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.