Risk factors and their impact on carotid intima-media thickness in young and middle-aged ischemic stroke patients and controls: The Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study

Table 2 Relative change in IMT between patients and controls and mean IMT values

	NA	Total	15-44 y	45-60 y	Females	Males	Age (p)	Sex (p)
*CCA*
Relative change		12 (4–22)	3 (−9-15)	19 (8–30)	4 (−6-15)	6 (−9-23)
Mean IMT patients	1	0.85	0.63	0.94	0.75	0.89	<0.001	0.003
Mean IMT controls	0	0.73	0.61	0.77	0.7	0.82	<0.001	0.008
*BIF*
Relative change		17 (2–34)	11 (−9-36)	23 (7–43)	9 (−9-31)	8 (−16-38)
Mean IMT patients	11	1.34	0.84	1.54	1.23	1.39	<0.001	0.079
Mean IMT controls	2	1.12	0.7	1.26	1.04	1.34	<0.001	0.067
*ICA*
Relative change		29 (12–49)	20 (−2-46)	35 (15–58)	28 (7–53)	1 (−23-31)
Mean IMT patients	30	0.97	0.63	1.1	0.9	1.0	<0.001	0.312
Mean IMT controls	14	0.73	0.47	0.83	0.64	1.06	<0.001	0.021

Data sorted by carotid segment, age group, and sex. Relative change presented in % (CI); IMT presented in mm. CCA = Common carotid artery; BIF = Carotid bifurcation; ICA = Internal carotid artery; NA = Not available.

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