Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients
All cases | Symptomatic patients | Asymptomatic, patients | Symptomatics vs. asymptomatics | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 390 | N = 265 | N = 125 | p | |
Age, mean (SD) | 69.80 (7.21) | 70.11 (7.39) | 69.17 (6.80) | 0.23 |
Gender | ||||
M | 273 (70.0%) | 117 (30.0%) | 194 (73.2%) | 0.04 |
F | 71 (26.8%) | 79 (63.2%) | 46 (36.8%) | |
Obesity | 43 (11.0%) | 37 (14.0%) | 6 (4.8%) | 0.007 |
Hypertension | 271 (69.5%) | 198 (74.7%) | 73 (58.4%) | 0.001 |
Diabetes | 94 (24.1%) | 65 (24.5%) | 29 (23.2%) | 0.77 |
Smoking habit | 227 (58.2%) | 152 (57.4%) | 75 (60.0%) | 0.62 |
Dyslipidemia (high LDL-C) | 257 (65.9%) | 185 (69.8%) | 72 (57.6%) | 0.02 |
Metabolic syndrome | 123 (31.6%) | 93 (35.2%) | 30 (24.0%) | 0.03 |
Drugs | ||||
Statins | 147 (37.7%) | 101 (38.1%) | 46 (36.8%) | 0.80 |
Diuretics | 223 (57.2%) | 158 (59.6%) | 65 (52.0%) | 0.16 |
Previous myocardial infarction/unstable angina | 52 (13.3%) | 37 (14.0%) | 15 (12.0%) | 0.59 |
Histological type of carotid plaque | ||||
Stable plaques | 137 (35.1%) | 51 (19.2%) | 86 (68.8%) | 0.001 |
Unstable plaques | 253 (64.9%) | 214 (80.8%) | 39 (31.2%) | |
Ruptured/thrombotic | 123 (45.5%) | 123 (45.5%) | 0 | |
TCFA | 72 (18.5%) | 33 (12.5%) | 39 (31.2%) | |
Thrombus in organization | 58 (14.9%) | 58 (14.9%) | 0 | |