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The case group comprised 150 individuals with elevated carotid intimal-medial thickness (IMT) measured by B-mode ultrasound at the first two examinations of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study (1987 through 1992). The control group comprised 150 age- and sex-matched individuals with low IMT. Antibody titers for CMV and herpesvirus 1 and 2 were determined in sera obtained in 1974 as part of a community-wide survey conducted in Washington County, Maryland. Case subjects had higher mean CMV antibody titers in 1974 sera than control subjects, although the difference was not statistically significant when adjusted for other cardiovascular risk factors. There was evidence of a graded relation between the odds of intimal-medial thickening and the levels of CMV antibodies that remained significant after adjustment for the main cardiovascular risk factors (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            =.013). 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