Very scarce data was found in relation to the link between eotaxin and IMT when comparing our results with relevant findings from other reports found in the literature by search sources (MEDLINE/SCOPUS) during the last decade, in which plasma eotaxin levels accurately identified individuals with clinically significant atherosclerotic heart disease [7] and were associated with the presence and extend of angiographic coronary artery disease [8]. Here, CCL11 is linked to carotid atherosclerosis.