Why the study?
Does adding carotid intima media thickness to traditional risk models improve individual prediction of cardiovascular risk in subjects without pre-existing vascular disease?
Population
4904 subjects from the Carotid Atherosclerosis Progression Study (CAPS) without pre-existing vascular disease
Comparison
Carotid intima media thickness measurement added… vs Traditional risk models alone
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10 years
Authors
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Does not improve reclassification or discrimination; leaves open cIMT's incremental value in primary prevention cohorts.
Does adding carotid intima media thickness to traditional risk models improve individual prediction of cardiovascular risk in subjects without pre-existing vascular disease?
Adding carotid intima media thickness to traditional risk models does not consistently improve individual cardiovascular risk classification in the general population.
Lorenz et al. (2010) studied this question.
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