Sub-clinical atherosclerosis in hypertension

Autor:	Nadia Shams, Farhat Bashir, Ayesha Nageen
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Internal medicine Sub clinical Medicine business
Zdroj:	The Professional Medical Journal. 27:2093-2098
ISSN:	2071-7733 1024-8919
DOI:	10.29309/tpmj/2020.27.10.4095
Popis:	Objectives: In the presence of the rising incidence of cardiovascular disease in the developing world, it is imperative to focus on prevention. Many cardio-metabolic risk factors are responsible for development of atherosclerosis in hypertensive patients. It is important to know which factors contribute the most to this condition. Study Design: Cross Sectional study. Setting: Departments of Medicine and Radiology at Creek General Hospital, United Medical and Dental College, Karachi. Period: June 2015 to June 2016. Material & Methods: Planned and the subjects were selected by consecutive sampling. Physical examination data and laboratory reports were obtained. All the subjects underwent Carotid Doppler studies. The data as analyzed on SPSS ver.20.0. Relationship of the variables to CIMT was ascertained by Pearson’s Correlation in both hypertensive and non-hypertensive subjects. P-value of
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