Key result
Abnormal carotid intima-media thickness (>1 mm) was found in 79.8% of patients and was associated with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and older age.
Why the study?
Is abnormal carotid artery intima-media thickness associated with specific cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, smoking)?
Observational (n=89)
No
Is abnormal carotid artery intima-media thickness associated with specific cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, smoking)?
Ultrasound evaluation confirms that hypertension, diabetes, smoking, and age are significantly associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness.
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Supports targeted carotid IMT assessment in patients with hypertension, diabetes, or smoking; hypothesis-generating without outcome data.
Objective: The study purpose was to assess the change of carotid artery intima-media thickness (CAIMT) in patients with cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF), and determine the main factor that causing the abnormal IMT.Methods: We collected the data of 89 patients who underwent a carotid artery ultrasound between February 2011 and November 2012 (43 men and 46 women aged between 20-80 years old). All patients included in the study had one of the following cardiovascular risk factors: smoking (n = 40), arterial hypertension (n = 25) or diabetes mellitus (n = 24). The IMT of the common carotid artery was measured and the results were correlated with the recorded risk factor. Correlation with the patient’s age and gender was also performed.Results: The study revealed abnormal IMT (> 1 mm) in a total of 71 (79.8%) patients. These included 22 (88%) patients with hypertension, 19 (79.2%) patients with diabetes mellitus and 30 (75%) patients who were smokers (p < .05 for all 3 risk factors). While aging was also associated with increased IMT (p < .05), no gender differences were noted (p > .05).Conclusions: The present study showed that ultrasound is an excellent, noninvasive method for evaluation of carotid intima-media thickness. The main risk factors associated with abnormal carotid IMT were hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking andpatient’s age.
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Awad et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Cardiovascular risk factors (n=89). Cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking) was evaluated on Abnormal carotid artery intima-media thickness (> 1 mm) (p=<0.05). Abnormal carotid intima-media thickness (>1 mm) was found in 79.8% of patients and was associated with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and older age.
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