The Ultrasound Journal

Table 5 Spearman rank correlation between cardiovascular risk scores and carotid intima–media thickness (P < 0.001 for each correlation)

From: Carotid intima–media thickness and cardiovascular risk factors in healthy volunteers

Risk scores	Total	Men	Women
Risk scores	n = 213	n = 106	n = 107
FRS-Lipids	0.513	0.564	0.444
FRS-BMI	0.530	0.589	0.466
PROCAM-Lipids	0.464	0.509	0.437
PROCAM-BMI	0.479	0.543	0.447
ESC-TC/HDL	0.527	0.547	0.462
ESC-TC	0.507	0.561	0.410

FRS Framingham Risk Score, PROCAM Prospective Cardiovascular Münster Study Score, ESC European Society of Cardiology Score, BMI body mass index, TC total cholesterol

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