Hypertension, smoking, and history of heart disease are strongly associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness and stenosis in older adults with cardiovascular risk factors.
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Supports hypertension focus in carotid risk assessment; leaves open causal inference and prospective validation.
Shivani Garg (2016) studied this question.
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