… excessive chronic daily alcohol consumption and C-IMTp. … Knowledge gaps still remain to
draw conclusive inferences of … significance and practical usefulness of C-IMTp assessment. …

… findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
… To the best of our knowledge, this is the first large community‐based study investigating risk …

… practices are not applied by large segments of the population [6], and both in Germany and
worldwide, unhealthy lifestyle practices … evidence-based knowledge and practical skills from “…

Objectives This study characterized the determinants of carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT)
in a large (n > 4,000) longitudinal cohort of healthy young people age 9 to 21 years. …

… and the carotid intima media thickness (cIMT), which is a proxy of atherosclerosis progression.
… To our knowledge, the influence of a combination of dietary antioxidants on CVD, and in …

… data, it was unable to apply consistent statistical methods with respect … To address this gap
in knowledge, we conducted an … ‐dimensional carotid plaque by applying modern ultrasound …

… from the corresponding author on reasonable request. … Concerning clinical practice
implications of the present study, … , 1 but there is paucity of knowledge about the predictive utility of …

… by evaluation of arterial intima media thickness (IMT) alone, … To our knowledge, our study
is the first to analyze in youths … No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does …

… Objective: The current guidelines use a cut-off value of 0.9 mm … [1,2] In daily practice, an
IMT evaluation is frequently used, … conducted based on clinical knowledge and the vascular …

… 2200 Americans die of cardiovascular disease every day, 3 and according to … intima-media
thickness 7,8 and alterations in hemodynamic patterns. Even though intima-media thickening …