Population
712 stroke- and myocardial infarction-free subjects, mean age 54.7±9.4 years, recruited from Kaohsiung…
Design
Cohort, Carotid IMT was measured by an experienced technician who was blinded…
Follow-up
average interval of 4.3±0.9 years
Authors
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May inform segment-specific monitoring in observational cohorts; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
In a Chinese population, predictors of carotid atherosclerosis progression are gender- and segment-specific, with hypertension and its treatment playing a significant role in mitigating progression, particularly in women.
Huang et al. (2016) studied this question.
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