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Table 1 Gender-specific medians for the right and left common carotid artery intima-media thicknesses and external diameters*

From: Bilateral common carotid artery ultrasound for prediction of incident strokes using intima-media thickness and external diameter: an observational study

Gender

Vascular parameter

Median

Men (n=3330)

 

mm

 RCCA

IMT

0.663

 

Diameter

8.092

 LCCA

IMT

0.676

 

Diameter

7.997

Women (n=4107)

  

 RCCA

IMT

0.609

 

Diameter

7.303

 LCCA

IMT

0.603

 

Diameter

7.199

  1. *Determined by B-mode ultrasound.
  2. RCCA and LCCA = right and left common carotid artery respectively.
  3. IMT intima-media thickness.
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