The risk factors associated with ultrasonic tissue characterization of carotid plaque in type 2 diabetic patients

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 523-527

  Irie, Yoko ^a   Katakami, Naoto ^a,b   Kaneto, Hideaki ^a   Takahara, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Sakamoto, Ken'Ya ^c   Kosugi, Keisuke ^c   Shimomura, Iichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Carotid ultrasound; Diabetes mellitus; Plaque echogenicity; Plaque thickness

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; BLOOD; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84903279601     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: 1873460X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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