title: [Impact of ideal health behaviors and factors on the newly developed carotid plaques].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the impact of ideal health behaviors on the newly developed carotid plaques.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 5 852 employees (including retired employees from Tangshan Kailuan company) aged over 40 years were included in this study through stratified random sampling. Subjects with previous stroke, transient ischemic attack, myocardial infarction were excluded. Results from the unified questionnaire, blood biochemistry measurements and ultrasonography carotid artery measurements were analyzed. Present study analyzed the data from 2 372 participants without carotid plaques in 2010-2011 examinations. The newly developed carotid plaques in 2012-2013 health examinations were observed and multiple logistic regression analysis was used to explore the impact of ideal health behaviors and factors on the newly developed carotid plaques.
  
  
  RESULTS
  (1) There were 359 subjects with newly developed carotid artery plaques among the 2 372 subjects (15.1%), prevalence rate was 23.1% (43/186), 17.5% (186/1 065), 12.4% (122/986), 5.9% (8/135) in the groups with 0-1, 2-3, 4-5 and 6-7 components of ideal cardiovascular health behaviors and factors, respectively (P < 0.001). (2) Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that after adjusting for age, gender, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, heart rate, and high sensitive c-reactive protein, compared to with 0-1 components of ideal cardiovascular health behaviors and factors, participants with 4-5 and 6-7 components of ideal cardiovascular health behaviors and factors were associated with reduced risk of the newly developed carotid plaques, the OR (95% CI) values were 0.52(0.34-0.80) and 0.28(0.12-0.64), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Higher number of ideal cardiovascular health behaviors and factors is associated with lower incidence of newly developed carotid plaques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Baoding First Central Hospital, Baoding 071000, China.
authors.forename: Dasen
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Da
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Keyu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jibo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Shuohua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Email: drwusl@163.com.
authors.forename: Shouling
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D002339:Carotid Arteries; D016893:Carotid Stenosis; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D015438:Health Behavior; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D002097:C-Reactive Protein