Association of retinopathy and intima media thickness of common carotid artery in type 2 diabetic patients.
J Res Med Sci
; 20(4): 393-6, 2015 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
This study was carried out in order to evaluate the relationship between retinopathy and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT). MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
In a cross-sectional study, 154 diabetic patients who had a history of diabetic disease were evaluated in two equal groups of 77 patients with and without retinopathy, respectively. CIMT was evaluated in all of the patients.RESULTS:
Mean age of the patients was 59.65 ± 9.37 years. Mean CIMT of all patients was 0.84 ± 0.18. CIMT of patients with retinopathy was significantly greater than patients without retinopathy (P < 0.001). CIMT also correlated with age, duration of diabetes, systolic blood pressure, blood urea nitrogen, and serum creatinine.CONCLUSION:
CIMT may be used as a simple, available and noninvasive method for screening of macro and microvascular complication of diabetic patients.
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Collection:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
J Res Med Sci
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Iran