K Jensen-Urstad1, M Jensen-Urstad, J Johansson. 1. Department of Clinical Physiology, Research Center of General Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Kerstin.Jensen-Urstad@kirurgi.ki.se
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We investigated whether, in a randomly selected population of 55-year-old men and women, there is a relationship between common carotid artery (CCA) diameter and intima-media (IM) thickness and conventional risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as gender, smoking, elevated blood lipids, and high blood pressure. METHODS:CCA diameter and IM thickness of the distal right and left CCAs were measured by high-frequency ultrasound methods. Fifty-seven men (73% of the invited men) and 47 women (62% of the invited women) participated. RESULTS: In the whole group the CCA diameter was correlated with gender (P<0.001), cholesterol (P=0.007), triglycerides (P<0.001), apoB (P<0.001), apoB/A-1 (P<0.001), systolic blood pressure (P=0. 001), and glucose (P=0.006). HDL was inversely correlated with mean CCA diameter (P=0.003). In men the CCA diameter was correlated with a combined risk factor score (P=0.005), systolic blood pressure (P=0. 011), platelet count (P=0.033), apoB (P=0.025), and occurrence of plaque (P=0.003). In women the CCA diameter was correlated with a combined risk factor score (P=0.010), systolic blood pressure (P=0. 033), body mass index (P<0.001), cholesterol (P=0.009), triglycerides (P=0.14), apoB (P=0.002), and apoB/A1 (P=0.003). IM thickness was correlated with systolic blood pressure (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: There are correlations between risk factors for cardiovascular disease and carotid artery diameter and IM thickness in both women and men in a population of 55-year-old subjects. The increased vessel diameter in subjects with cardiovascular risk factors may be a sign of attenuated vasoregulation, which could be an important factor during the development of atherosclerosis.
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We investigated whether, in a randomly selected population of 55-year-old men and women, there is a relationship between common carotid artery (CCA) diameter and intima-media (IM) thickness and conventional risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as gender, smoking, elevated blood lipids, and high blood pressure. METHODS: CCA diameter and IM thickness of the distal right and left CCAs were measured by high-frequency ultrasound methods. Fifty-seven men (73% of the invited men) and 47 women (62% of the invited women) participated. RESULTS: In the whole group the CCA diameter was correlated with gender (P<0.001), cholesterol (P=0.007), triglycerides (P<0.001), apoB (P<0.001), apoB/A-1 (P<0.001), systolic blood pressure (P=0. 001), and glucose (P=0.006). HDL was inversely correlated with mean CCA diameter (P=0.003). In men the CCA diameter was correlated with a combined risk factor score (P=0.005), systolic blood pressure (P=0. 011), platelet count (P=0.033), apoB (P=0.025), and occurrence of plaque (P=0.003). In women the CCA diameter was correlated with a combined risk factor score (P=0.010), systolic blood pressure (P=0. 033), body mass index (P<0.001), cholesterol (P=0.009), triglycerides (P=0.14), apoB (P=0.002), and apoB/A1 (P=0.003). IM thickness was correlated with systolic blood pressure (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: There are correlations between risk factors for cardiovascular disease and carotid artery diameter and IM thickness in both women and men in a population of 55-year-old subjects. The increased vessel diameter in subjects with cardiovascular risk factors may be a sign of attenuated vasoregulation, which could be an important factor during the development of atherosclerosis.
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