Carotid intima-media thickness and coronary heart disease risk factors in a low-risk population

Aging-related changes and reference values for the carotid intima-media thickness in a Uruguayan Population

“…This is also true when our results are analyzed comparing them with those obtained in other populations. About this, the age-related changes in CIMT evidenced in our population showed a behavior located in the middle between the group in which the variation is large (>0.01mm/year), consisting of USA [9,10], central Europe [11,12] and Nordic countries [13], and that with minor age effects, which comprises Spain [14], and France [13,15] Taking into account that discussed above, and as was previously suggested, since CIMT levels and changes would differ among regions and ethnic groups, the CIMT distribution in a particular population must be defined prior to its use in cardiovascular diagnosis and/or risk stratification [5].…”

CD14 C(−260)T gene polymorphism, circulating soluble CD14 levels and arteriosclerosis

“…An ATL UM9 system (Ultramark 9 High Definition Imaging; Advanced Technology Laboratories, Bothell, Washington) was used with a 7.4 MHz transducer. IMT was defined as the distance between the media AE adventitia interface and the lumen AE intima interface, avoiding the sites of plaque [22,23]. IMT was measured on the right and left common carotid arteries, on the far wall exclusively: three points at two locations on each artery, proximal and middle.…”

Depressive symptoms and carotid artery intima-media thickness in police officers

“…CIMT progression rates have been associated with risk factors such as diabetes, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension (Chambless et al 2002; Ferrieres et al 1999). CIMT has been used successfully to study arterial atherosclerotic disease in predicting cardiovascular disease outcomes (myocardial infarction, stroke), clinical coronary outcomes, determining the effectiveness of risk factor intervention, and in monitoring the progression of arterial wall thickness over time (Bots et al 2003; Chambless et al 1997; Grobbee and Bots 1994) In a meta-analysis of population-based CIMT studies, Lorenz et al (2007) estimated the relative risk of myocardial infarction and stroke as 1.15 and 1.18, respectively (adjusted for age and gender), for each 0.10-mm thickness increase in common carotid IMT.…”