title: Relationship between carotid artery intima-media thickness and cardiovascular risk factors in Chinese Uygur population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationships between carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and conventional cardiovascular risk factors in Uygur population.
  
  
  METHODS
  In totally 226 Uygur subjects, common carotid IMT values were detected, and the anthropometric and laboratory measurements were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Correlation analysis showed that the factors of age, BMI, SBP, DBP, PP, hypertension, TC, LDL-C, TG, Apo B, diabetes mellitus, glucose, smoking status, creatinine, IHD, and stroke were significantly and positively associated with carotid IMT in Uygur males. In Uygur females, significant positive associations with carotid IMT were observed for age, BMI, SBP, DBP, PP, hypertension, TC, LDL-C, TG, diabetes mellitus, glucose, IHD, and stroke, and a significant inverse association was found for HDL-C. Multiple regression analyses suggested that LDL-C, age, TG, creatinine, BMI, smoking, hypertension, and diabetes were independently associated with carotid IMT in Uygur males. However, for carotid IMT in Uygur females, SBP, age, TG, HDL-C, BMI, and diabetes were independent determinants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Carotid artery IMT could be used as a predictive tool for atherosclerotic lesions and cardiovascular diseases in Uygur population, which might contribute to the prevention and management of the local disease.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Dongying People's Hospital of Shandong Provincial Hospital Group Dongying 257091, Shandong, China.
authors: Fenglei
authors: F
authors: Zhang
authors: Department of Cardiology, Dongying People's Hospital of Shandong Provincial Hospital Group Dongying 257091, Shandong, China.
authors: Lingzhou
authors: L
authors: Feng
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, People's Hospital of Shule County Kashi 844200, Xinjiang, China.
authors: Yao
authors: Y
authors: Chen
authors: Department of Cardiology, Dongying People's Hospital of Shandong Provincial Hospital Group Dongying 257091, Shandong, China.
authors: Zhiying
authors: Z
authors: Geng
authors: Department of Cardiology, Dongying People's Hospital of Shandong Provincial Hospital Group Dongying 257091, Shandong, China.
authors: Xinsheng
authors: X
authors: Xu
keywords: Intima-media thickness; Uygur population; atherosclerosis; carotid arteries; ultrasonagraphy