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Table 4 Incident strokes* for men and women with baseline bilateral common carotid artery phenotypes

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

CCA Phenotypes:

Number

Incident stroke

Ten non-overlapping phenotypes

Women

Men

Women N (%)

Men N (%)

1) IMT and diameter both large bilaterally

852

662

42 (4.9)

51 (7.7)

2) IMT and diameter large on one side and opposite IMT large (bilaterally large IMT)

271

229

4 (1.5)

12 (5.2)

3) IMT and diameter large on one side and opposite diameter large (bilaterally large diameter)

448

370

6 (1.3)

19 (5.1)

4) IMT and diameter large on one side and neither opposite IMT nor diameter large

206

172

1 (0.5)

1 (0.6)

5) Bilaterally large IMT, no large diameter

322

223

6 (1.9)

10 (4.5)

6) Unilaterally large IMT (R or L) and opposite diameter large

106

86

1 (0.9)

0

7) Unilaterally large IMT (R or L) and no large diameter

504

417

1 (0.2)

7 (1.7)

8) Bilaterally large diameter, no large IMT

269

223

1 (0.4)

5 (2.2)

9) Unilaterally large diameter, (R or L), No large IMT

283

270

2 (0.7)

3 (1.1)

10) No IMT or diameter large

753

610

2 (0.3)

7 (1.2)

All

4014

3262

66 (1.6)

115 (3.5)

Combined phenotypes

    

IMT large bilaterally, regardless of diameter (Phenotypes:1,2,5)

1445

1114

52 (3.6)

73 (6.6)

Diameter large bilaterally, regardless of IMT (Phenotypes:1,3,8)

1569

1255

49 (3.1)

75 (6.0)

Large IMT bilaterally and/or large diameter bilaterally (Phenotypes: 1,2,3,5,8)

2162

1707

59 (2.7)

97 (5.7)

IMT and diameter both large on same side, unilaterally or bilaterally (Phenotypes: 1,2,3,4)

1777

1433

53 (3.0)

83 (5.8)

Large IMT, unilaterally or bilaterally, regardless of diameter (Phenotypes: 1-7)

2709

2159

61 (2.3)

100 (4.6)

Large diameter, unilaterally or bilaterally, regardless of IMT (Phenotypes: 1,2,3,4,6,8,9)

2435

2012

56 (2.5)

91 (4.7)

  1. *First time strokes occurring after baseline (1987–89) through December 31, 1999 with follow up of 10 to 12 years.
  2. Large is defined as ≥ the gender- and side-specific ultrasound medians for IMT and external diameter in Table 1.
  3. CCA common carotid artery, IMT intima-media thickness.