Key result
Although cardiovascular events increased with the number of carotid plaques (4% for none vs 24% for >1; P<0.04), carotid atherosclerosis was not an independent predictor of events.
Why the study?
Does the presence of carotid plaques predict cardiovascular accidents in renal transplant recipients?
Population
79 renal transplant recipients who received a transplant before January 1, 1986, and 17 healthy age- and…
Comparison
Assessment of carotid atherosclerosis by B-mode… vs Patients without carotid plaques or healthy…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
April 1991 to December 1997
Authors
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Traditional factors outperform carotid plaques for event prediction in renal transplant recipients; leaves open ultrasonography's incremental value beyond diabetes and cholesterol.
Cohort (n=96)
No
Does the presence of carotid plaques predict cardiovascular accidents in renal transplant recipients?
p-value: p=<0.04
In renal transplant recipients, traditional risk factors like diabetes and total cholesterol are better predictors of cardiovascular events than asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis assessed by ultrasonography.
Ziad A. Massy (1998) conducted a cohort in Renal transplant recipients (n=96). Carotid atherosclerosis vs. No carotid atherosclerosis was evaluated on Cardiovascular events (p=<0.04). Although cardiovascular events increased with the number of carotid plaques (4% for none vs 24% for >1; P<0.04), carotid atherosclerosis was not an independent predictor of events.
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