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Table 2 Carotid plaque at the 5th survey (2001) according to adiposity category at the baseline 4th survey (1994–95) (n = 4345)

From: The association between anthropometric measures of adiposity and the progression of carotid atherosclerosis

 

Total population

BMI categories

WC categoriesa

WHR categoriesa

Carotid variable

n/N (%)

BMI < 25 kg/m2 n/N (%)

25 < =BMI < 30 kg/m2 (Overweight) n/N (%)

BMI > =30 kg/m2 (Obesity) n/N (%)

Abdominal obesity

Abdominal obesity

No n/N (%)

Yes n/N (%)

No n/N (%)

Yes n/N (%)

At least one plaque at T5

2704/4345 (62.2)

1078/1836 (58.7)

1250/1930 (64.8)

376/579 (64.9)

1901/3119 (61.0)

803/1226 (65.5)

1414/2495 (56.7)

1290/1850 (69.7)

New plaques at T5b

938/2337 (40.1)

374/1021 (36.6)

450/1028 (43.8)

114/288 (39.6)

660/1703 (38.8)

278/634 (43.9)

521/1454 (35.8)

417/883 (47.2)

Number of plaques at T5

 0

1641 (37.8)

758 (41.3)

680 (35.2)

203 (35.1)

1218 (39.1)

423 (34.5)

1081 (43.3)

560 (30.3)

 1

1230 (28.3)

478 (26.0)

578 (30.0)

174 (30.1)

861 (27.6)

369 (30.1)

675 (27.1)

555 (30.0)

 2

869 (20.0)

361 (19.7)

378 (19.6)

130 (22.5)

614 (19.7)

255 (20.8)

463 (18.6)

406 (22.0)

  + 3

605 (13.9)

239 (13.0)

294 (15.2)

72 (12.4)

426 (13.7)

179 (14.6)

276 (11.1)

329 (17.8)

Change in number of plaques from T4 to T5

 Decreased

442 (10.2)

181 (9.9)

198 (10.3)

63 (10.9)

304 (9.8)

138 (11.3)

243 (9.7)

199 (10.8)

 No change

2191 (50.4)

960 (52.3)

943 (48.9)

288 (49.7)

1612 (51.7)

579 (47.2)

1349 (54.1)

842 (45.5)

 Increased

1712 (39.4)

695 (37.9)

789 (40.9)

228 (39.4)

1203 (38.6)

509 (41.5)

903 (36.2)

809 (43.7)

 

Median (IQR)

 TPA at T5 (mm2)

8.9 (1–22.6)

7.5 (0–20.7)

9.7 (0–24.6)

10.9 (0–24.3)

8.3 (0–21.7)

10.4 (0–24.4)

6.6 (0–18.8)

12.5 (0–28.8)

 Change in TPA from T4 to T5 (mm2)

0 (0–12.1)

0 (0–10.6)

1.6 (0–13.1)

0.7 (0–12.1)

0 (0–11.5)

1.7 (0–13.5)

0 (0–9.3)

3.7 (0–15.2)

  1. Data are count and percentage for binary plaque and median and IQR for number of plaques and TPA. BMI: body mass index, T4: Tromsø Study the fourth survey, T5: Tromsø Study the fifth survey, TPA: total plaque area
  2. WC: waist circumference, WHR: waist-to-hip ratio, WHtR: waist-to-height ratio, TPA: total plaque area
  3. aAbdominal obesity WC: > 102 cm for men, > 88 cm for women, WHR: > = 0.9 for men, > = 0.85 for women (categorised according to WHO cut-off points, b New plaques at T5: The number of participants who developed at least one plaque among participants without plaque at T4
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

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