Vnitr Lek 1999, 45(8):457-462

[Sonographic measurement of intimal thickness of the common carotid artery in diabetics].

P Kraml, J Potocková, M Anděl, J Zvárová, M Stefek

II. interní klinika FNKV a 3. lékarské fakulty UK, Praha.

Incidence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases in diabetics is known to be 2-4 times higher than in nondiabetic subjects. Intima-media-thickness of common carotid artery (IMT ACC) measured by B-mode sonography positively correlates with the severity of atherosclerotic changes in coronary arteries. This study compares sonographically assessed IMT ACC in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (27 patients, mean age 66.57 +/- 6.06 years) vs. 66 nondiabetic subjects (mean age 63.58 +/- 9.09 years). Intima-media thickness in diabetics was significantly higher when compared with the control group (0.826 +/- 0.29 mm vs. 0.647 +/- 0.26 mm). In the whole cohort of investigated subjects IMT ACC positively correlates with age. When adjusted for age, the mean IMT ACC level was significantly higher in men than in women.

Keywords: Aged; Arteriosclerosis, complications, ; Carotid Artery, Common, diagnostic imaging, ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, complications, ; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Tunica Intima, diagnostic imaging, ; Ultrasonography

Published: August 1, 1999  Show citation