据我国“卫生统计提要”,中国脑卒中的年发病率已达到200／10万,超过300万人,因脑卒中死亡者已跃居首位,而颈动脉粥样硬化是缺血性卒中的常见病因之一。据报告,美国60岁以上的脑卒中病人中,颈动脉粥样硬化约占70％。而最近的研究,日本和中国台湾的中风受害者在颅外段的发病率正在上升。本文对颈动脉粥样硬化的危险因素研究情况作一综述。一、种族的因素:过去曾经认为:颈动脉狭窄在白种人的发生率远较东方人高。动脉粥样硬化脑血管疾病的分布在不 According to China’s “Health Statistics Digest”, the annual incidence of stroke in China has reached 200 / 100,000 with more than 3 million people. Deaths from stroke have risen to the top, and carotid atherosclerosis is common in ischemic stroke One of the causes. It has been reported that carotid atherosclerosis accounts for about 70% of stroke patients over the age of 60 in the United States. In a recent study, however, the incidence of stroke in Japan and Taiwan of China in the extracranial segment is on the rise. This article reviews the risk factors of carotid atherosclerosis. First, the racial factors: In the past had thought: carotid stenosis in the incidence of white people is much higher than the Orientals. The distribution of atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease is not