Frequency of various risk factors in the whole group and significant carotid artery disease (CAD) and nonsignificant CAD subgroups.
| Carotid artery Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Risk factors | Nonsignificant group | Significant group | P-value |
| n=395 | n=40 | ||
| n (%) | |||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 248 (62.78) | 25 (62.5) | 0.972 |
| Female | 147 (37.22) | 15 (37.5) | |
| Diabetes | |||
| Yes | 245 (62.03) | 31 (77.5) | 0.053 |
| No | 150 (37.97) | 9 (22.5) | |
| Obesity | |||
| Yes | 162 (41.01) | 9 (22.5) | 0.022 |
| No | 233(58.99) | 31 (77.5) | |
| Smoking | |||
| Yes | 72 (18.22) | 10 (25.0) | 0.298 |
| No | 323 (81.78) | 30 (75.0) | |
| Prior stroke | |||
| Yes | 65 (16.46) | 8 (20) | 0.298 |
| No | 330 (83.54) | 32 (80) | |
| Dyslipidemia | |||
| Yes | 149 (37.72) | 18 (45) | 0.367 |
| No | 246 (62.28) | 22 (55) | |
| Migraine | |||
| Yes | 5 (1.27) | 1 (2.5) | 0.4414 |
| No | 390 (98.73) | 39 (97.5) | |
| Hypertension | |||
| Yes | 282 (71.39) | 33 (82.5) | 0.134 |
| No | 113 (28.61) | 7 (17.5) | |
| Ischemic heart disease | |||
| Yes | 56 (14.18) | 8 (20) | 0.322 |
| No | 339 (85.82) | 32 (80) | |
| Transient ischemic attack | |||
| Yes | 10 (2.53) | 2 (5) | 0.304 |
| No | 385 (97.47) | 38 (95) | |