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## Background The effect of age on common carotid artery diameter is unclear for varying atherosclerosis risk levels. ## Methods Cross-sectional data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Limited Access Data set were used to estimate the association of age with B-mode ultrasound common carotid artery diameter for three atherosclerosis risk levels. Based on information from clinical examinations, B-mode ultrasounds, questionnaires, blood and other tests, participants were categorized into three groups: pre-existing disease (prevalent stroke and/or coronary heart disease), high risk group (no pre-existing disease, but prevalent diabetes, hypertension, plaques/shadowing, body mass index >= 30, current smoking, or hyperlipidemia), and a low risk group (no pre-existing disease, no plaques/shadowing, and no major elevated risk factors). Multivariable linear regression analyses modeled the common carotid artery diameter relationship with age. ## Results Age was positively and significantly associated with common carotid artery diameter after risk factor adjustment in the overall sample, but age had a larger effect among persons with evidence of atherosclerosis (interaction p < 0.05

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Author

Marsha L Eigenbrodt; Zoran Bursac; Kathryn M Rose; David J Couper; Richard E Tracy; Gregory W Evans; Frederick L Brancati; Jawahar L Mehta

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London UK: BioMed Central, 2003-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1476-7120)

Published

2006

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)