Correlates of Carotid Plaque Presence and Composition as Measured by MRI: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

The composition of atherosclerotic plaque affects the likelihood of an atherothrombotic event but prospective studies relating risk factors to carotid wall and plaque characteristics measured by MRI are lacking. We hypothesized that traditional risk factors are predictors of carotid wall and plaque characteristics measured two decades later