title: Clinical and dietary predictors of common carotid artery intima media thickness in a population with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the clinical and dietary predictors of common carotid artery intima media thickness (CCA IMT) in a cohort of subjects with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants with type 1 (n= 23) and type 2 diabetes (n= 127) had mean and mean maximum CCA IMT measured using B mode ultrasound. Dietary intake was measured using a food frequency questionnaire. Clinical and dietary predictors of mean and mean maximum CCA IMT were determined using linear regression analysis adjusted for potential confounders.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The main predictors of mean and mean maximum CCA IMT were age and weight. After multivariate adjustment there were no dietary predictors of CCA IMT. However, in subjects that were not prescribed a lipid lowering medication alcohol consumption was positively associated with CCA IMT after multivariate adjustment. No difference existed in CCA IMT between subjects with type 1 or type 2 diabetes once age was adjusted for.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CCA IMT was predominantly predicted by age and weight in these subjects with diabetes. The finding that CCA IMT was not different between people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes warrants further investigation in a larger cohort.
authors.affiliation: Kristina S Petersen, Jennifer B Keogh, Peter M Clifton, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: Kristina S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.affiliation: Kristina S Petersen, Jennifer B Keogh, Peter M Clifton, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: Jennifer B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Keogh
authors.affiliation: Kristina S Petersen, Jennifer B Keogh, Peter M Clifton, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Meikle
authors.affiliation: Kristina S Petersen, Jennifer B Keogh, Peter M Clifton, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: Manohar L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.affiliation: Kristina S Petersen, Jennifer B Keogh, Peter M Clifton, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Clifton
keywords: Arterial structure; Carotenoids; Carotid intima media thickness; Diabetes; Diet; Lipidomics