Common carotid intima-media thickness relates to cardiovascular events in adults aged <45 years

Anouk L M Eikendal¹, Karlijn A Groenewegen¹, Todd J Anderson¹+31

• ¹From the Department of Radiology (A.L.M.E.), Department of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (K.A.G., D.E.G., S.A.E.P., M.L.B., H.M.d.R.), and Department of Experimental Cardiology (I.E.H., H.M.d.R.), University Medical Center, Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Department of Cardiac Sciences and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (T.J.A.); Department of Epidemiology and Public Health University College London, London, United Kingdom (A.R.B.); Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden (G.E., B.H., M.R.); Department of Biostatistical Sciences and Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (G.W.E.); Division of Vascular Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (J.d.G., S.H.); Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (D.E.G.); Osaka Medical Center for Health Science and Promotion, Osaka, Japan (A.I., A.K.); Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women Medical University, Tokyo, Japan (K.K.); Division of Cardiology and Population Health Research Institute, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (E.M.L.); Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (M.W.L., M.S.); Brain and Circulation Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway (E.B.M.); Department of General Practice, EMGO Institute, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (G.N., J.M.D.); Stroke Center, Department of Neurology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan (S.O.); Department of Radiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA (D.H.O'L., J.F.P.); Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (J.F.P., C.R.); Cardiology Division, De