Abstract:Objective To study the prevalence states and hazards of carotid atherosclerosis (CAS) in normal population. Methods A total of 6238 clients for physical examination were selected as the study subjects from January 2017 to December 2017. They were divided as two categories: CAS group and control group, according to the results of carotid ultrasound. SBP, DBP, fasting blood glucose (FBG), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglycerides (TG) were investigated in the two groups. Logistic regression analysis was carried out for related factors. Results The relevance ratio of CAS in the clients was 25.57 %, and the prevalence rate of CAS increased with age. The detection rate of CAS in male was higher than that in female (33.31% VS 14.16%). There were statistically significant differences in the gender, age, BMI, SBP, TC, TG, LDL-C and HDL-C, the rate of smoking and exercise situation between the two groups (P < 0.05). The multiple logistic aggression analysis indicated that LDL-C [Ol ^ R=8.797, (95% CI: 5.211, 19.467)], gender [Ol ^ R=1.241, (95% CI: 1.045, 0.985)], age [Ol ^ R=5.235, (95% CI: 2.321, 15.675)] and SBP [Ol ^ R=4.845, (95%CI: 2.156, 10.954)] were independent risk factors for CAS. Conclusions The prevalence of CAS was high in normal population. We should routinely screen for CAS and actively intervene in the risk factors to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.