title: Ultrasound measurement of peripheral endothelial dysfunction in type 2 diabetic patients: correlation with risk factors.
abstract: The purpose of the study was to assess the endothelial dysfunction (ED) in type 2 diabetic patients ultrasonographically and estimate the correlation of ED with glycemia and other cardio-metabolic risk factors. 171 patient (age 60.0 + 8.5 years) with diagnosed type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD) were randomly included in a cross sectional study. B-mode ultrasound system with a linear transducer of 7.5 MHz was used for evaluation of flow-mediated vasodilation in brachial artery (FMV). FMV was presented as a change of brachial artery diameter at rest and after limb ischemia, previously provoked by cuff inflation. Peripheral ED was found in 77.2% (132 patients). Multivariate logistic regression model defined: age (OR 1.071, 95% CI 1.003 1,143) and plasma cholesterol (OR 4.083 95% CI 1.080 17,017) as determinants for ED. Linear multivariate analysis presented duration of diabetes (Beta 0.173, Sig 0.024), and glycemia (Beta 0.132, Sig 0.044) to be associated independently with FMV value. Estimated factors influencing FMV, might be potential therapeutic targets for presented endothelial dysfunction in type 2 diabetic patients with coronary artery disease.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Skopje, University Clinic of Cardiology, Vodnjanska bb, Skopje, Macedonia.
authors.forename: Marijan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bosevski
authors.forename: Ljubica
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Georgievska-Ismail
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000502:physiology; D055105:Waist Circumference
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D008055:Lipids