September 12, 2014Stroke137 citations
View Full PaperPredictors of Carotid Thickness and Plaque Progression During a Decade
Structured PICO
Does antihypertensive medication use reduce carotid IMT and plaque progression in a multiethnic cohort?
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Population
Large, multiethnic cohort
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Intervention
Antihypertensive medication use
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Outcome
Carotid IMT and plaque progressionsurrogate
Ethnicity and antihypertensive medication use are significant predictors of long-term carotid IMT and plaque progression.
Abstract
In a large, multiethnic cohort with a decade of follow-up, ethnicity was a strong, independent predictor of carotid IMT and plaque progression. Antihypertensive medication use was associated with less subclinical disease progression.
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Tattersall et al. (Fri,) studied this question.