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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2015 Sep 3;36(12):2360–2366. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4454

Table 1.

Patient demographics

Carotid-stroke predictor Demographics by
vessel
Male sex, no./total no. (%) 387/726 (53.3)
Age, mean (SD), y 64.2 (15.6)
Body mass index (BMI), mean (SD), kg/m2 28.4 (6.4)
Smoking, no./total no. (%)
  Current smoker 138/726 (19.0)
  Prior smoker 158/726 (21.8)
  Never smoker 430/726 (59.2)
Hypertension, no./total no. (%) 499/726 (68.7)
Hyperlipidemia, no./total no. (%) 358/726 (49.3)
Diabetes, no./total no. (%) 227/726 (31.3)
Cardiovascular medications
Antihypertension, no./total no. (%) 412/726 (56.8)
Statin, no./total no. (%) 316/726 (43.5)
Antiplatelet, no./total no. (%) 294/726 (40.5)
Anticoagulation, no./total no. (%) 74/726 (10.2)
Carotid plaque imaging markers
Stenosis, mean (SD), % 12.2 (23.1)
  Mild stenosis (0–49%), no./total no. (%) 647/726 (89.1)
  Moderate stenosis (50–69%), no./total no. (%) 45/726 (6.2)
  Severe stenosis (70–99%), no./total no. (%) 34/726 (4.7)
Stenosis, mean (SD), mm 4.1 (1.2)
Maximum plaque thickness, mean (SD), mm 3.0 (1.6)
Ulceration, no./total no. (%) 96/726 (13.2)
Intraluminal thrombus, no./total no. (%) 19/726 (2.6)
Intraplaque hemorrhage, no./total no. (%) 65/726 (9.0)
Magnet strength = 3T, no./total no. (%) 58/726 (8.0)