Table 1.
Search strategy.
Fig 1.
AI: augmentation index, ABI: ankle brachial index, CIMT: carotid intima media thickness, CVD: cardiovascular disease, FMD: flow mediated dilation, PWV: pulse wave velocity.
Fig 2.
Summary of risk of bias.
Fig 3.
Increased CRP, IL-6 and d-dimer and risk of cardiovascular disease.
1. Confidence interval unknown. 2. Confidence interval provided by author on request.
Fig 4.
Relation of CRP, IL-6 and sVCAM-1 versus CIMT.
1. Only non-significant was reported, the p-value was set at 0.25, 2. Mean cIMT (p-value not significant, bifurcation IMT p0.07), 3. Bulb CIMT (p0.02), total CIMT not significant, 4. Significant for carotid plaque, not for CCA-IMT, 5. Mentioned twice since the study of 2014 presented additional follow-up data for a subset of patients, Rho value >0.5 or < -0.5.
Table 2.
Relation between immune markers and CIMT.