Clinical implications of carotid artery intima media thickness assessment on cardiovascular risk stratification in hyperlipidemic Korean adults with diabetes: the ALTO study

Table 2 cIMT and plaque measures in patients with diabetes and hyperlipidemia

	Total	Men		Women	p-value
Age (years)		n		n
Mean cIMT (mm)
<40	0.522 ± 0.086	12	0.525 ± 0.069	7	0.514 ± 0.114
40–49	0.532 ± 0.090	39	0.555 ± 0.089	21	0.489 ± 0.076
50–59	0.586 ± 0.101	60	0.589 ± 0.084	54	0.582 ± 0.118
60–69	0.612 ± 0.114	44	0.650 ± 0.124	61	0.585 ± 0.098
≥70	0.691 ± 0.116	23	0.737 ± 0.066	33	0.677 ± 0.122^†
Total	0.598 ± 0.116	178	0.610 ± 0.110	177	0.587 ± 0.119	0.082
Max cIMT (mm)
<40	0.526 ± 0.087	12	0.532 ± 0.072	7	0.514 ± 0.114
40–49	0.532 ± 0.090	39	0.555 ± 0.090	21	0.489 ± 0.076
50–59	0.600 ± 0.132	60	0.603 ± 0.120	54	0.597 ± 0.145
60–69	0.617 ± 0.125	44	0.661 ± 0.145	61	0.585 ± 0.098
≥70	0.705 ± 0.141	23	0.736 ± 0.157	34	0.684 ± 0.126^a
Total	0.606 ± 0.134	178	0.619 ± 0.137	177	0.593 ± 0.130	0.062
Plaque (presence, %)
<40	8/19 (42.1)	12	6/12 (50.0)	7	2/7 (28.6)
40–49	30/60 (50.0)	39	20/39 (51.3)	21	10/21 (47.6)
50–59	74/114 (64.9)	60	41/60 (68.3)	54	33/54 (61.1)
60–69	84/105 (80.0)	44	39/44 (88.6)	61	45/61 (73.8)
≥70	49/57 (86.0)	23	20/23 (87.0)	34	29/34 (85.3)
Total	245/355 (69.0)	178	126/178 (70.8)	177	119/177 (67.2)	0.469
Plaque (number)
<40	0.526 ± 0.697	12	0.583 ± 0.669	7	0.429 ± 0.787
40–49	0.700 ± 0.830	39	0.718 ± 0.826	21	0.667 ± 0.856
50–59	1.377 ± 1.502	60	1.600 ± 1.639	54	1.130 ± 1.304
60–69	2.257 ± 2.756	44	3.273 ± 3.681	61	1.525 ± 1.468
≥70	2.509 ± 2.213	23	2.696 ± 2.363	34	2.382 ± 2.132
Total	1.659 ± 2.083	178	1.893 ± 2.462	177	1.424 ± 1.587	0.034

^aOne study subject who had mean and maximum cIMT of 2 mm was excluded as an outlier
cIMT, carotid intima media thickness

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