Carotid Intima Media Thickness as a Measure of Cardiovascular Disease Burden in Nigerian Africans with Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus
Joint Authors
Alonge, Benjamin A.
Puepet, Fabian H.
Pam, Stephen D.
Okeahialam, Basil N.
Source
International Journal of Vascular Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-05-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
As part of a larger study of cardiovascular risk factors in nonhypertensive type 2 diabetes patients, we subjected a cohort of diabetics to B mode ultrasonography of the carotid artery to measure the intima media thickness (IMT) and compared it with values in hypertensives and apparently normal controls matched reasonably for gender and age.
All groups were comparable in terms of age and gender representation.
The mean (SD) of carotid IMT right and left was 0.94 mm (0.12), 0.94 mm (0.16); 0.93 mm (0.21), 0.93 mm (0.15); 0.91 mm (0.17), 0.91 mm (0.13) for diabetic, hypertensive, and normal groups, respectively.
There was a nonsignificant tendency to raised IMT for the disease groups from the normal ones.
Diabetic and hypertensive Nigerians are equally burdened by cardiovascular disease risk factors.
Apparently normal subjects have a reasonable degree of burden suggesting the need to evaluate them for other traditional and emerging risk factors.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Okeahialam, Basil N.& Alonge, Benjamin A.& Pam, Stephen D.& Puepet, Fabian H.. 2011. Carotid Intima Media Thickness as a Measure of Cardiovascular Disease Burden in Nigerian Africans with Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus. International Journal of Vascular Medicine،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Okeahialam, Basil N.…[et al.]. Carotid Intima Media Thickness as a Measure of Cardiovascular Disease Burden in Nigerian Africans with Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus. International Journal of Vascular Medicine No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Okeahialam, Basil N.& Alonge, Benjamin A.& Pam, Stephen D.& Puepet, Fabian H.. Carotid Intima Media Thickness as a Measure of Cardiovascular Disease Burden in Nigerian Africans with Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus. International Journal of Vascular Medicine. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-463805