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Prevalence and Determinants of Carotid Atherosclerosis in Healthy Postmenopausal Women
Stroke 28:513-517, Lassila,H.C.,et al, 1997
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Article Abstract
The mean IMT was 0.76+/-0.11 mm and 50%of the population had at least one focal plaque.Smoking had the strongest association with the presence of plaque.Women who smoked at the time of the ultrasound evaluation had five times the odds of having at least one focal plaque compared with women who had never smoked(95%confidence interval,2.0 to 13.0;P
 
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