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Risk factors associated with the carotid intima-media thickness and plaques: ESPREDIA Study.
Clínica e Investigación en Arteriosclerosis 2018 March
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether there were any differences in the risk factor profile associated with either the intima-media thickness (IMT) or the presence of carotid plaques.
METHODS: Cross-sectional study in 1475 subjects between 45 and 75years, randomly selected from the population of the Northwest area of Madrid (Spain). They had a physical exam, blood analysis, and ultrasound measurement of the IMT and of the presence of plaques.
RESULTS: Mean IMT was 0.725±0.132mm. Forty seven percent of the participants had carotid plaques. In multivariate analysis, factors directly associated with the IMT were, age (β0.227, P<.0001), sex (β0.104, P<.0001), presence of hypertension (β0.082, P=.002), diabetes (β0.130, P<.0001) and current smoking (β0.107, P<.0001), systolic blood pressure (SBP) (β0.219, P<.0001) and LDL-cholesterol levels (β0.074, P=.003), and inversely, diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (β-0.124, P=.001), HDL-cholesterol (β-0.111, P<.0001) and triglyceride levels (β-0.060, P=.028). The presence of plaques was directly associated with age (OR1.08; 95%CI: 1.05-1.10), sex (OR1.95; 95%CI: 1.52-2.51), current smoking (OR2.75; 95%CI: 1.92-3.95), history of hypertension (OR1.58; 95%CI: 1.22-2.04) or diabetes (OR1.84; 95%CI: 1.31-2.58), statin treatment (OR1.56; 95%CI: 1.19-2.04) and SBP (OR1.03; 95%CI: 1.02-1.05), and inversely with DBP (OR0.98; 95%CI: 0.96-0.99).
CONCLUSION: Factors associated with the IMT and the presence of plaques are similar, a finding that support a continuum between muscular layer hypertrophy and arteriosclerosis development.
METHODS: Cross-sectional study in 1475 subjects between 45 and 75years, randomly selected from the population of the Northwest area of Madrid (Spain). They had a physical exam, blood analysis, and ultrasound measurement of the IMT and of the presence of plaques.
RESULTS: Mean IMT was 0.725±0.132mm. Forty seven percent of the participants had carotid plaques. In multivariate analysis, factors directly associated with the IMT were, age (β0.227, P<.0001), sex (β0.104, P<.0001), presence of hypertension (β0.082, P=.002), diabetes (β0.130, P<.0001) and current smoking (β0.107, P<.0001), systolic blood pressure (SBP) (β0.219, P<.0001) and LDL-cholesterol levels (β0.074, P=.003), and inversely, diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (β-0.124, P=.001), HDL-cholesterol (β-0.111, P<.0001) and triglyceride levels (β-0.060, P=.028). The presence of plaques was directly associated with age (OR1.08; 95%CI: 1.05-1.10), sex (OR1.95; 95%CI: 1.52-2.51), current smoking (OR2.75; 95%CI: 1.92-3.95), history of hypertension (OR1.58; 95%CI: 1.22-2.04) or diabetes (OR1.84; 95%CI: 1.31-2.58), statin treatment (OR1.56; 95%CI: 1.19-2.04) and SBP (OR1.03; 95%CI: 1.02-1.05), and inversely with DBP (OR0.98; 95%CI: 0.96-0.99).
CONCLUSION: Factors associated with the IMT and the presence of plaques are similar, a finding that support a continuum between muscular layer hypertrophy and arteriosclerosis development.
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