The prevalence of extracranial carotid atherosclerosis detected via ultrasound imaging: A single-centre study in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Salahaden R. Sultan

doi:10.15537/smj.2024.45.1.20230503

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- Summary of the patient’s characteristics, blood lipid profiles, and plaque features.

Patient characteristics	Patients with carotid plaque (n=180)
Age (years), mean±SD	69.8±10.4
Gender
Men	137 (76.1)
Women	43 (23.9)
Hypertension
Yes	113 (62.7)
No	67 (37.3)
Diabetes
Yes	90 (50.0)
No	90 (50.0)
Smoking
Yes	13 (7.2)
No	167 (92.8)
No. of plaques/patient
One	99 (55.0)
More than one	81 (45.0)
Blood lipid profile, median (IQR)
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.5 (1.5)
High, n(%)	11 (6.5)
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.1 (0.67)
High, n(%)	25 (15.1)
Low-density lipoproteins (mmol/L)	2.1 (1.5)
High, n(%)	15 (10.7)
Plaque site and features
Common carotid artery	11 (6.1)
Internal carotid artery	51 (28.3)
External carotid artery	5 (2.7)
Carotid bulb	113 (62.7)
Degree of stenosis (%), median (IQR)	34.4 (17.2)
Plaque length (mm), median (IQR)	5 (6.0)
Plaque thickness (mm), median (IQR)	3 (1.0)
cIMT (mm), median (IQR)	1 (0.3)

Values are presented as numbers and precentages (%) or median interquartile range (IQR). cIMT: common carotid intima-media thickness, SD: standard deviation