Fig 1.
Flow chart of study participants recruitment.
Fig 2.
Anatomical, histological and ultrasound view of carotid artery segments and CIMT measurement.
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Table 1.
Profile of the study population.
Table 2.
Variation of segment-specific mean CIMT values in CHD and non-CHD groups.
Fig 3.
Comparison of areas under the curve (AUC) of receiver operating curves predicting coronary heart disease using the common carotid artery (CCA), carotid bulb (CB), internal carotid artery (ICA) and the composite carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) score.
Table 3.
The cutoff CIMT values for segments and composite score predicting coronary heart disease risk.
Table 4.
Summary of multiple linear regression analysis using the composite CIMT score as the dependent variable.