Hipertensión arterial: el factor de riesgo más importante para grosor íntima-media carotídeo elevado y placa carotídea en adultos de Santiago / Risk factors for a high carotid intima media thickness among healthy adults
Rev. méd. Chile
; 139(3): 290-297, mar. 2011. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) is a marker of cardiovascular damage that can be modified by traditional risk factors.Aim:
To determine attributable risk factors for a high CIMT among healthy adults. Material anaMethods:
A sample of 1270 individuáis (636 males and 634 femóles) aged 44 ±11 years, was studied. Blood pressure, weight, height, lipidprofile and blood glucose were measured in all. CIMT and thepresence of atheroscleroticplaques were determined by carotid ultrasound. Standard criteria were used to define hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes.Results:
Mean CIMT in the sample studied was 0.62 ± 0.01 mm and percentile 75 was 0.67. The most important risk factor for a CIMT over percentile 75 and thepresence of atherosclerotic plaques was hypertension with attributable risks of 54 and 57 percent, respectively.Conclusions:
In this sample, the main risk factor for a high CIMT was hypertension.
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International databases
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Arteriosclerosis
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Carotid Artery Diseases
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Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2011
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL
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Universidad de La Serena/CL