الملخص
Objectives: This study aimed to examine the correlation between carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) and luminal diameter (LD) with body mass index (BMI) and other cardiovascular risk factors. Methods: This observational cross-sectional study took place between June 2013 and March 2014 in the Radiology Department of Rizgary Teaching Hospital in Erbil, Iraq. Non-randomly selected subjects ≥20 years old (n = 140) were divided into BMI groups and evaluated for the following cardiovascular risk factors: gender, age, hypertension (HTN), diabetes (DM), smoking, alcohol consumption, blood pressure, serum total cholesterol and triglyceride (TG) levels. IMT and LD of the extracranial carotid arteries were measured by B-mode ultrasonography. Results: The mean IMT was 0.8 ± 0.3 mm, ranging from a total mean of 0.7 mm in the normal BMI group to 1.0 mm in the extremely obese group. A significant correlation was found between IMT and BMI (P = 0.04), but not between BMI and LD (P = 0.3). No significant difference in mean IMT or LD was seen between genders. Significant correlations were found between IMT and age, HTN, DM, high serum cholesterol and TG levels (P <0.001). An increase of one BMI unit caused a 0.009 mm increase in IMT and an increase of one year in age caused a 0.011 mm increase in IMT. Conclusion: Age, obesity, HTN, DM, high serum cholesterol and TG levels were found to have an impact on carotid IMT, which is a strong marker for the early development of atherosclerosis.
بيانات النشر
- المعرّف الرقمي
- 10.18295/2075-0528.1704
- المجلة
- مجلة جامعة السلطان قابوس الطبية, 15(3), 344-350
- الناشر
- جامعة السلطان قابوس
- وصول مفتوح
- وصول مفتوح ذهبي
- الترخيص
- CC BY-ND 4.0
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APA 7
Rashid, S. A., & Mahmud, S. A. (2025). Correlation between Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Luminal Diameter with Body Mass Index and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 15(3), 344-350. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1704
MLA 9
Rashid, Sameeah A., and Sarbast A. Mahmud. "Correlation between Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Luminal Diameter with Body Mass Index and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, 2025, pp. 344-350. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1704.
شيكاغو (المؤلف–التاريخ)
Rashid, Sameeah A., and Sarbast A. Mahmud. 2025. "Correlation between Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Luminal Diameter with Body Mass Index and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 15 (3): 344-350. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1704.
هارفارد
Rashid, S. A. and Mahmud, S. A. (2025) 'Correlation between Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Luminal Diameter with Body Mass Index and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 15(3), pp. 344-350. doi:10.18295/2075-0528.1704.
فانكوفر
Rashid SA, Mahmud SA. Correlation between Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Luminal Diameter with Body Mass Index and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;15(3):344-350. doi:10.18295/2075-0528.1704
IEEE
S. A. Rashid, and S. A. Mahmud, "Correlation between Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Luminal Diameter with Body Mass Index and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 344-350, 2025, doi: 10.18295/2075-0528.1704.