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Association of retinopathy and intima media thickness of common carotid artery in type 2 diabetic patients
- Source :
- Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, Vol 20, Iss 4, Pp 393-396 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015.
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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 and Methods: 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.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17351995 and 17357136
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.5d3cfcecf4834991b59763d063b06c84
- Document Type :
- article