| Autor: |
Nitesh Chhajed, B J Subhash Chandra, Manjunath S Shetty, Chandrashekhar Shetty |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, Vol 25, Iss 3, Pp 572-576 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1319-2442 |
| DOI: |
10.4103/1319-2442.132186 |
| Popis: |
Carotid intimal-medial thickness (CIMT) predicts future vascular events in the general population. However, the correlation of traditional cardiovascular risk factors and stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) with CIMT is not studied extensively. To determine the correlation of CIMT with traditional cardiovascular risk factors like age, body mass index (BMI), dyslipidemia and various stages of CKD patients, CIMT was measured by means of high-resolution B-mode ultrasonography in 70 CKD patients and compared with the 30 healthy controls. The mean CIMT in patients was 0.86 ± 0.21 mm vs 0.63 ± 0.17 mm in healthy age- and sex-matched controls (P |
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