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Effects of smoking and cessation on subclinical arterial disease: a substudy of a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The mechanisms by which smoking cessation reduces cardiovascular disease risk are unclear. We evaluated longitudinal changes in carotid intima-media thickness among current smokers enrolled in a prospective, randomized smoking cessation clinical trial ...
Heather M Johnson, Megan E Piper, Timothy B Baker, Michael C Fiore, James H Stein   +4 more
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Psychological, social and biological determinants of ill health (pSoBid): Study Protocol of a population-based study [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Disadvantaged communities suffer higher levels of physical and mental ill health than more advantaged communities. The purpose of the present study was to examine the psychosocial, behavioural and biological determinants of ill health within ...
Batty, G.D., Deans, K., Sattar, N, Chris J Packard, Batty G David, Burns, H., Millar, Keith, McGinty, A, Millar, K., Ford Ian, Ian Ford, Yoga Nathan (12346540), Tannahill, Carol, Carol Tannahill, Agnes McGinty, Velupillai, YN, McGinty, A., Bezlyak, V., Millar, K, Ian Ford (30666), Burns Harry, Vladimir Bezlyak (587208), Millar Keith, Cavanagh Jonathan, Naveed Sattar, Cavanagh, Jonathan, Tannahill Carol, Paul Shiels, Paul G. Shiels (12592783), Ford, Ian, Jonathan Cavanagh (125077), Bezlyak Vladimir, McGinty Agnes, Chris J. Packard (12592780), Tannahill, C., Keith Millar, Agnes McGinty (212297), Ford, I, Sattar, N., G David Batty, Kevin A. Deans (12592774), Jonathan Cavanagh, Keith Millar (212300), Carol Tannahill (212305), Packard Chris J, Burns, Harry, Ford, I., Bezlyak, Vladimir, Sattar Naveed, Bezlyak, V, Deans, Kevin A., Shiels Paul, Shiels, P, Naveed Sattar (8785), Batty, David G., Harry Burns (125075), David G. Batty (12592771), Burns, H, Packard, C.J., Cavanagh, J, McGinty, Agnes, Velupillai, Y.N., Deans Kevin, Nathan, Yoga, Tannahill, C, Cavanagh, J., Shiels, P., Yoga N Velupillai, Sattar, Naveed, Velupillai Yoga N, Packard, CJ, Harry Burns, Kevin Deans, Batty, GD, Vladimir Bezlyak, Deans, K, Packard, Chris J., Shiels, Paul G.   +77 more
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Birth Weight and Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness [PDF]

The Journal of Pediatrics, 2013
To determine the association between birth weight and carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT), a measure of atherogenesis, in a population of 11-year-old children.CIMT measured by high-resolution ultrasound, and birth registry data were available for 670 children of the Southern California Children's Health Study.
Dratva, Julia, Breton, Carrie V., Hodis, Howard N., Mack, Wendy J., Salam, Muhammad T., Zemp, Elisabeth, Gilliland, Frank, Kuenzli, Nino, Avol, Ed   +8 more
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Association of the degree of liver fibrosis evaluated by elastography with carotid intima media thickening in hepatitis C patients

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Objective: To evaluate the degree of liver fibrosis and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with hepatitis C virus, and to assess the correlation between the degree of fibrosis and carotid intima-media thickness.
Talat Samreen, Asma Aijaz, Shazia Fahmi, Hira Ahmed, Faiza Misbah, Nasreen Naz   +5 more
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Evaluation of the relationship between erectile dysfunction and epicardial fat tissue thickness and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension

Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi, 2020
Objective: This study is an investigation of the relationship between erectile dysfunction and epicardial adipose tissue and carotid intima-media thickness, which are indicators of endothelial dysfunction and subclinical atherosclerosis, in patients with
Davut Karakurt, Hüseyin Ede, Yasar Turan, Abdullah Gürel, İsa Ardahanlı, Taner Sarak   +5 more
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Relationship between Dietary Intake and Body Composition with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2017
Background: Population-based studies in many countries have shown that carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) has a positive relationship with stroke. Some studies have suggested that many of the foods or body composition have effect on the risk of stroke.
Asefeh Kiani, Fariborz Khorvash, Akbar Hasanzadeh, Gholamreza Askari   +3 more
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Long-term use of first-line highly active antiretroviral therapy is not associated with carotid artery stiffness in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
Objective: To evaluate whether or not highly active antiretroviral therapy is associated with carotid artery stiffness in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients in Henan Province, China.
Haohui Zhu, Jianjun Yuan, Yisa Wang, Fan Gao, Xiao Wang, Changhua Wei, Jiyun Chen, Xiaohui Fan, Mei Zhang   +8 more
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Impact of Obesity in Intima Media Thickness of Carotid Arteries [PDF]

Obesity, 2006
AbstractObjective: To explore differences in intima media thickness (IMT) of the carotid arteries induced by differences in BMI.Research Methods and Procedures: Data from 3173 consecutive subjects, who were referred to our Hypertension Center from 1998 to 2004, were reviewed.
Kotsis, V.T., Stabouli, S.V., Papamichael, C.M., Zakopoulos, N.A.   +3 more
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Carotid Atherosclerosis and Cerebral Microbleeds: The Framingham Heart Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2016
BackgroundCarotid atherosclerosis is associated with subclinical ischemic cerebrovascular disease, but its role in hemorrhage‐prone small vessel disease—represented by cerebral microbleed (CMB)—is unclear, although vascular risk factors underlie both ...
José R. Romero, Sarah R. Preis, Alexa Beiser, Charles DeCarli, Ralph B. D'Agostino, Philip A. Wolf, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Joseph F. Polak, Sudha Seshadri   +8 more
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Clinical utility of carotid ultrasonography: Application for the management of patients with diabetes

Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 2019
Carotid ultrasonography is a non‐invasive, simple and inexpensive modality to assess the severity of atherosclerosis. This article reviews related articles, summarizes the rationale for the application of carotid ultrasonography in clinical practice, and
Naoto Katakami, Taka‐aki Matsuoka, Iichiro Shimomura   +2 more
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