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Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics and demographics

From: Utility of carotid duplex ultrasonography in a general inner-city hospital

Variables

Total

sCBVD

No sCBVD

% sCBVD

 

N (%) = 827 (100)

n (%) = 88 (10.6)

n (%) = 739 (89.4)

 

Age

    

 Median

67

65

67

 

  IQR

56-77

62-82

57-77

 

  ≥ 65

481 (58.2)

66 (75.0)

415 (56.2)

13.7

  < 65

346 (41.8)

22 (25.0)

324 (43.8)

6.4

Sex

    

  Female

442 (53.4)

50 (56.8)

392 (53.0)

11.3

  Male

385 (46.6)

38 (43.2)

347 (47.0)

9.9

DM

299 (36.2)

36 (40.9)

263 (35.6)

12

HTN

400 (48.4)

48 (54.5)

352 (47.6)

12

Smoker

164 (9.8)

22 (25)

142 (19.2)

13.4