Cardiovascular Diabetology

Table 2 Carotid atherosclerosis after 13-years in subjects with and without metabolic syndrome, by age

From: The metabolic syndrome and progression of carotid atherosclerosis over 13 years. The Tromsø study

	Metabolic syndrome					Metabolic syndrome
	Yes		No			Yes		No
Age, years	N	IMT, mm	N	IMT, mm	P*	N	TPA, mm²	N	TPA, mm²	P*
0-49	81	0.940	483	0.818	<0.0001	79	10.748	479	5.737	0.0001
50-59	224	1.014	965	0.964	<0.0001	218	18.146	956	14.569	0.02
60-69	213	1.088	835	1.041	0.008	209	25.494	830	21.814	0.06
≥70	32	1.135	101	1.059	0.09	31	28.647	99	24.543	0.46
Total	550	1.039	2384	0.966	<0.0001	537	20.524	2364	15.740	<0.0001
Age, years	N	ΔIMT, mm	N	ΔIMT, mm	P*	N	ΔTPA, mm²	N	ΔTPA, mm²	P*
0-49	81	0.185	483	0.143	0.009	79	7.858	477	4.031	0.0006
50-59	222	0.169	965	0.160	0.5	218	9.857	953	9.203	0.6
60-69	208	0.195	832	0.176	0.2	208	15.363	826	13.116	0.4
≥70	32	0.157	101	0.126	0.5	31	10.951	99	11.227	0.9
Total	543	0.178	2381	0.165	0.13	536	11.763	2355	9.613	0.02

* p for differences between subjects with and without metabolic syndrome.
IMT; intima-media thickness at follow-up, TPA; total plaque area at follow-up, ΔIMT; change in intima-media thickness from baseline to follow-up, ΔTPA; change in total plaque area from baseline to follow-up.
The Tromsø Study.

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