Why the study?
Does carotid artery diameter differ between men and women after adjusting for body size, neck size, age, and blood pressure?
Does carotid artery diameter differ between men and women after adjusting for body size, neck size, age, and blood pressure?
Women have intrinsically smaller carotid arteries than men, independent of body size, neck size, age, and blood pressure.
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May warrant sex-specific carotid reference values in imaging; leaves open links to differential stroke risk.
Krejza et al. (2006) studied this question.
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