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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Carotid intima media thickness as a measure of cardiovascular disease Burden in Nigerian Africans with hypertension and diabetes mellitus
International Journal of Vascular Medicine, Volume 2011, Article 327171, Year 2011
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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. © 2011 Basil N. Okeahialam et al.
Authors & Co-Authors
Okeahialam, Basil Nwaneri
Nigeria, Jos
University of Jos
Alonge, Benjamin A.
Nigeria, Jos
University of Jos
Pam, Stephen D.
Nigeria, Jos
University of Jos
Puepet, Fabian H.
Nigeria, Jos
University of Jos
Statistics
Citations: 30
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1155/2011/327171
ISSN:
20902824
e-ISSN:
20902832
Research Areas
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Cohort Study