MeasurementsandMainResults:COPDcases(n¼253)hadatwofold
increasedrisk (odds ratio, 2.0; 95%confidence interval, 1.44–2.85;P,
0.0001) of presentation with carotid wall thickening on ultrasonography
compared with control subjects with a normal lung function
(n ¼ 920). Moreover, the risk increased significantly with severity of
airflow limitation. On magnetic resonance imaging, vulnerable lipid
core plaques were more frequent in COPD cases than in control subjects
(odds ratio, 2.1; 95% confidence interval, 1.25–3.69; P ¼
0.0058)
MeasurementsandMainResults:COPDcases(n¼253)hadatwofoldincreasedrisk (odds ratio, 2.0; 95%confidence interval, 1.44–2.85; P,0.0001) of presentation with carotid wall thickening on ultrasonographycompared with control subjects with a normal lung function(n ¼ 920). Moreover, the risk increased significantly with severity ofairflow limitation. On magnetic resonance imaging, vulnerable lipidcore plaques were more frequent in COPD cases than in control subjects(odds ratio, 2.1; 95% confidence interval, 1.25–3.69; P ¼0.0058)
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