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Cardiovascular Ultrasound BioMed Central Research Open Access B-mode ultrasound common carotid artery intima-media thickness and external diameter: cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with carotid atherosclerosis in a large population sample 1 2 3 4 Marsha L Eigenbrodt* , Zoran Bursac , Richard E Tracy , Jawahar L Mehta , 5 6 Kathryn M Rose and David J Couper Address: 1Department of Epidemiology, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA, 2Department of Biostatistics, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA, 3Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, USA, 4Departments of Internal Medicine, Physiology, and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA, 5Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA and 6Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA Email: Marsha L Eigenbrodt* - meigenbrodt@; Zoran Bursac - zbursac@; Richard E Tracy - rtracy@; Jawahar L Mehta - mehtajl@; Kathryn M Rose - Kathryn_Rose@; David J Couper - david_couper@ * Corresponding author Published: 5 March 2008 Received: 29 January 2008 Accepted: 5 March 2008 Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2008, 6:10 doi:10.1186/1476-7120-6-10