Fig 1.
Flowchart of the recruitment of study participants.
Exclusion criteria included incomplete assessments of pedometer/accelerometer (n = 1926), international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ) (n = 5), baseline carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) (n = 6), a history of coronary artery disease (n = 28), peripheral vascular disease (n = 2), cerebrovascular disease (n = 36), and myocardial infarction (n = 18).
Table 1.
General characteristics at baseline.
Fig 2.
Average overall carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) values.
Baseline and follow-up values of the average overall carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) for all participants (closed squares, n = 835), participants less than 60 yrs of age (closed triangles, n = 453), and participants equal to or greater than 60 yrs of age (closed circles, n = 382). Displayed percentages represent the average percent change in overall carotid intima-media thickness from baseline to follow-up. The results of the paired t test are delineated by the P values. Data are unadjusted and expressed as mean ± SD.
Table 2.
Association of total steps with percent change in overall carotid intima-media thickness.
Table 3.
Association of objective physical activity parameters with percent change in overall carotid intima-media thickness among different age groups.