Key result
Common carotid artery intima-media thickness predicted major cardiovascular events (30 cardiac and 32 cerebral events) over a 7-year follow-up in 639 women, irrespective of glucose tolerance.
Why the study?
Does common carotid artery intima-media thickness predict major cardiovascular events in 64-year-old women irrespective of glucose tolerance category and HbA1c?
Cohort (n=639)
Does common carotid artery intima-media thickness predict major cardiovascular events in 64-year-old women irrespective of glucose tolerance category and HbA1c?
CCAIMT independently predicts major cardiovascular events over 7 years in 64-year-old women, adding prognostic value beyond established glucometabolic risk factors.
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CCAIMT may refine cardiovascular risk stratification in older women beyond glucose tolerance; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Schmidt et al. (2016) conducted a cohort in Cardiovascular disease risk (n=639). Common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCAIMT) was evaluated on Major cardiovascular events (cardiac and cerebral events). Common carotid artery intima-media thickness predicted major cardiovascular events (30 cardiac and 32 cerebral events) over a 7-year follow-up in 639 women, irrespective of glucose tolerance.
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