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Table 1 Base line demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants

From: Assessment of carotid artery ultrasonography in the presence of an acoustic shadow artifact

Age, mean (SD)

68.8 (11.3)

Gender, n (%)

 Male

160 (71)

 Female

62 (28)

Co morbidities, n (%)

 Smoker

Yes - 74 (23.6), Past 46 (20.3)

 IHD

111 (49)

 HTN

176 (77.5)

 AF

26 (11.5)

 DM / IGT

91 (40.1)

 Stroke / TIA prior to study period

63 (28)

 Dyslipidemia

163 (72)

Prior anti thrombotic medications, n (%)

 Aspirin

126 (59.8)

 Clopidogrel

44 (19.4)

 Oral vitamin K antagonists

19 (8.4)

 DOAC’S

2 (1)

 Statins

133 (59)

Prior symptomatic CS, n (%)

100 (44)

 Ischemic stroke/TIA

93 (41)

 Amurosis Fugax

7 (3)

  1. Study cohort clinical characteristics, N = 227 patients included
  2. Legend: IHD Ischemic heart disease, HTN Arterial hypertension, AF Atrial fibrillation, DM Diabetes Mellitus, IGT Impaired fasting glucose, TIA Transient Ischemic attack, DOAC’S Direct oral anticoagulants, CS Carotid artery stenosis