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Table 3 Correlation between abdominal aortic calcium (AAC) deposits and carotid plaques

From: Detection of high cardiovascular risk patients with ankylosing spondylitis based on the assessment of abdominal aortic calcium as compared to carotid ultrasound

Lateral lumbar X-ray

Carotid ultrasonography

Presence of carotid plaques

(n = 55/125, 44%)

Absence of carotid plaques

(n = 70/125, 56%)

Presence of AAC

n = 28 (22.4%)

25/28 (89.3%)

3/28 (10.7)

Absence of AAC

n = 97 (77.6%)

30/97 (30.9%)

67/97 (69.1%)

  1. Correlation between the presence of AAC deposits and the presence of carotid plaques in 125 patients with ankylosing spondylitis older than 35 years of age without cardiovascular events, chronic kidney disease, or diabetes mellitus