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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of atherosclerosis in a healthy young cohort comprised of 241 subjects who underwent a regular employee medical check-up at Ohshima National Sanatorium over a 9-month period. All subjects underwent carotid ultrasound examinations to determine maximal common carotid artery intima media thickness. In addition, serum total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, glucose, and insulin were evaluated. The subjects were relatively young (mean age, 44 years; range, 18 to 62 years), with 130 females (54%) and 111 males (46%). Maximal common carotid artery intima media thickness was predicted by smoking habit, body mass index, fasting blood sugar, fasting serum insulin, and systolic blood pressure (F(5,235) = 52.8, P < 10(-5)). There was clear separation in common carotid artery intima media thickness values based on body mass index, smoking, and fasting serum insulin, and somewhat more overlap with systolic blood pressure and fasting blood sugar. These findings suggest that smoking and high values of body mass index, fasting serum insulin, systolic blood pressure, and fasting blood sugar are warning factors for early atherosclerosis development, and could conceivably serve as the basis of diagnostic screening. Smoking is particularly deleterious, as smokers with high body mass index, high fasting serum insulin, or high systolic blood pressure tend to have larger common carotid artery intima media thickness values than would have been predicted by consideration solely of the individual risk factors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0003-3197
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
677-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Blood Urea Nitrogen, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Carotid Artery, Common, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Carotid Artery Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Creatinine, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Fasting, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Hyperinsulinism, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Least-Squares Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Linear Models, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Lipids, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Obesity, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Population Surveillance, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Risk Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Smoking, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Tunica Intima, pubmed-meshheading:18216377-Tunica Media
pubmed:articleTitle
Smoking, fasting serum insulin, and obesity are the predictors of carotid atherosclerosis in relatively young subjects.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Division of Stroke, Kagawa University School of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article