성인에서 총경동맥 내중막 두께 증가와 심혈관질환 위험인자와의 관련성

Association of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Increment of Common Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Adult

Objective: Increased carotid IMT is an important predictor of atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between cardiovascular risk factors and carotid IMT in adults. Method: A total of 300 patients underwent ultrasound measurement of carotid intima-media thickness, computed tomography of the coronary artery calcification, and physical examination and blood tests. The following results were obtained. Results: The correlations between carotid intima-media thickness and cardiovascular risk factors such as total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, smoking and coronary artery calcification were analyzed using simple correlation analysis. Obesity, systolic blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, and coronary artery calcification, all of which were positively correlated. In addition, in the chi-square test of each variable according to the carotid IMT, blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and coronary calcification values were statistically significant with a significance level of less than 0.05 and the remaining sex, obesity diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol were not statistically significant. Conclusion: These results suggest that risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adults are associated with increased intima - media thickness.