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Ethnicity, male gender, overweight, physical inactivity, smoking, and hypercholesterolemia were identified as dominant risk factors for the development of significant carotid artery stenosis (≥ 50%).
Observational (n=356)
No
p-value: p=<0.01
Ethnicity, male gender, overweight, physical inactivity, smoking, and hypercholesterolemia are significant risk factors for the development of significant carotid stenosis in Kazakhstan.
Background. To date, the correlation between ethnicity and risk factors for the development of stenosis of the carotid arteries has not been evaluated in Kazakhstan.
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Shamshiyev et al. (2021) conducted an observational in Suspected pathology of the carotid arteries (n=356). Risk factors (ethnicity, male gender, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, physical inactivity) vs. Absence of respective risk factors was evaluated on Development of significant carotid artery stenosis (≥ 50%) (p=<0.01). Ethnicity, male gender, overweight, physical inactivity, smoking, and hypercholesterolemia were identified as dominant risk factors for the development of significant carotid artery stenosis (≥ 50%).
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