Open AccessAssessment of carotid intima-media thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension
Author(s) -
Ирина Аркадьевна Бондарь,
А. А. Демин,
Olesya Yur'evna Shabel'nikova,
Viktoriya Aleksandrovna Onyanova
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
saharnyj diabet
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2072-0378
pISSN - 2072-0351
DOI - 10.14341/dm2014141-46
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , intima media thickness , arterial stiffness , type 2 diabetes mellitus , cardiology , comorbidity , carotid arteries , ultrasound , type 2 diabetes , common carotid artery , blood pressure , endocrinology , radiology
Aim. Atherosclerosis is one of the most important complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In the present study, we aimed to assess the carotid intima-media thickness in type 2 diabetes patients with the arterial hypertension (AH) comorbidity. Materials and Methods. 96 patients with T2DM and AH (30M/66F, aged 53.4?5.4 years, duration of diabetes 7.7?7.5 years) and 30 hypertensive patients without diabetes (12M/18F, aged 53.1?6.0 years) were enrolled in this study. Stiffness indices for right and left common carotid arteries were assessed with noninvasive ultrasound method in both groups. Results. Difference in the intima-media thickness was statistically significant between diabetic and euglycemic patients (1.26?0.17 mm vs. 1.10?0.14 mm, respectively; p0.05), in contrast with their counterparts with longer experience of T2DM (1.27?0.17 mm vs. 1.10?0.14 mm; p