TY  - JOUR
TT  - Relation Between Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Common Carotid Artery Intima Media Thickness
AU  - Yalçın Şafak, Kadihan
AU  - Akçiçek, Mehmet
PY  - 2015
DA  - July
JF  - Kafkas Journal of Medical Sciences
JO  - KAFKAS TIP BİL DERG
PB  - Kafkas University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2146-2631
SP  - 54
EP  - 59
IS  - 2
KW  - Kardiyovasküler hastalıklar
KW  - karotis intima-media kalınlığı
KW  - demografi
KW  - Doppler
KW  - ekokardiyografi
KW  - risk
N2  - AIM: To determine the effects of age, sex, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, history of coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease on carotid intima media thickness. METHODS: Patients (N=222) undergoing Color Doppler Ultrasound examination of the extra cranial carotid arteries for any reason in a four-month-period were prospectively investigated. Posterior wall intima media thickness on 1-1.5 cm distal part of both common carotid arteries was measured three times for each patient. The mean values of measurements of right and left common carotid arteries, the presence of atherosclerotic plaque and vessel stenosis ≥ 15% were recorded. The effects of age, sex, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, and cerebrovascular disease on common carotid arteries intima media thickness and the relationship between common carotid arteries intima media thickness and plaque existence were investigated. RESULTS: Age, sex, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease individually increased the common carotid arteries intima media thickness according to univariate analysis. All of the parameters but diabetes mellitus were defi ned as risk factors by using regression analysis. Hypertension followed by hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease had more power. CONCLUSION: Intima media thickness of common carotid arteries is affected by un-modifi able factors such as age and sex and by modifi able factors such as smoking, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/kaftbd/issue//393637
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/423611
ER  -