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Liao M, Chen S, Guo R. Association between carotid ultrasonographic parameters and microvascular and macrovascular complications in diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Diabetes Complications 2023; 37:108554. [PMID: 37418962 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2023.108554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The present meta-analysis aimed to assess the association between carotid ultrasonographic parameters and diabetic microvascular and macrovascular complications. METHODS All published articles were searched in electronic databases including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases from the inception to May 27, 2023. Common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCA-IMT), carotid bifurcation intima-media thickness (CB-IMT), internal carotid artery intima-media thickness (ICA-IMT), carotid plaque, carotid plaque score, plaque number, plaque thickness, carotid atherosclerosis, and resistivity indices (RIs) of ultrasonographic parameters were assessed. The odds ratio (OR), weighted mean difference (WMD), with the 95 % confidence interval (CI) were pooled to estimate the effect. Subgroup analyses were performed in terms of the type of diabetes and study design. Sensitivity analysis was used to evaluate the robustness of the results. RESULTS A total of 25 studies involving 12,102 diabetic patients were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis. Our findings suggested the associations between increased CCA-IMT and the risk of diabetic microvascular (WMD: 0.059, 95%CI: 0.026 to 0.091, P < 0.001) and macrovascular complications (WMD: 0.124, 95%CI: 0.061 to 0.187, P < 0.001) including cardiovascular events (OR: 2.362, 95%CI: 1.913 to 2.916, P < 0.001). Subgroup analyses also elaborated an association between CCA-IMT and diabetic microvascular and macrovascular complications. The results of sensitivity analysis show that the association is relatively stable. CONCLUSION Our findings revealed associations between carotid ultrasonographic parameters and microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes. Application of the carotid ultrasonographic parameters could be a non-invasive method for the early detection of long-term complications of diabetes.
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- Meimei Liao
- Department of Ultrasound Imaging, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, PR China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, PR China
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- Department of Ultrasound Imaging, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, PR China.
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Wu TW, Chou CL, Cheng CF, Lu SX, Wang LY. Prevalences of diabetes mellitus and carotid atherosclerosis and their relationships in middle-aged adults and elders: a community-based study. J Formos Med Assoc 2021; 121:1133-1140. [PMID: 34674902 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2021.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Atherosclerosis and diabetes mellitus (DM) are both severe chronic diseases that cause huge burdens on patients' families and societies. Connections between the two diseases have brought high attention recently, however, population-based study with large sample size was few. The study aimed to explore the relationship between carotid atherosclerosis and DM. METHODS We enrolled 3908 adults aged 40-74 years from communities and measured their cardio-metabolic profiles and scanned their carotid arteries bilaterally. RESULTS The overall prevalence rates of carotid plaque and DM were 34.4 and 10.7%, respectively. The age-specific prevalence rates of DM and carotid plaque were nearly linearly correlated in both sexes (both Pearson's correlation coefficient r > 0.97). The prevalence rates of carotid plaque, total plaque number ≥3, maximum diameter stenosis ≥30%, and plaque score ≥3 were 53.6, 24.8, 19.1, and 28.6%, respectively, in DM patients and were 32.1, 9.4, 9.8, and 11.2%, respectively, in non-DM controls. After adjustment for other conventional risk factors, the multivariable-adjusted OR of having carotid plaque was 1.60 (95% CI 1.27-2.01) and were 2.06 (95% CI 1.55-2.75), 1.33 (95% CI 0.99-1.78), and 2.03 (95% CI 1.55-2.65) for total plaque number ≥3, maximum diameter stenosis ≥30%, and plaque score ≥3, respectively. CONCLUSION We demonstrated that prevalences of DM were linearly correlated with prevalences of carotid plaque and DM patients had higher prevalence rates of carotid plaque and more advanced carotid atherosclerosis than non-DM controls. Our results indicated the need to address the role of DM in atherosclerosis development.
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- Tzu-Wei Wu
- Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
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- Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Department of Neurology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
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- Tamsui and Bali Health Station, Department of Health, New Taipei City Government, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
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- Department of Neurology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
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- Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
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Katsiki N, Mikhailidis DP. Diabetes and carotid artery disease: a narrative review. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2020; 8:1280. [PMID: 33178812 PMCID: PMC7607073 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2019.12.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been linked to an increased prevalence and severity of carotid artery disease, as well as polyvascular disease. Carotid disease is also associated with obesity and abnormal peri-organ and intra-organ fat (APIFat) deposition (i.e., excess fat accumulation in several organs such as the liver, heart and vessels). In turn, DM is associated with APIFat. The coexistence of these comorbidities confers a greater risk of vascular events. Clinicians should also consider that carotid bruits may predict cardiovascular risk. DM has been related to a greater risk of adverse outcomes after carotid endarterectomy or stenting. Whether modifying risk factors (e.g., glycaemia and dyslipidaemia) in DM patients can improve the outcomes of these procedures needs to be established. Furthermore, DM is a risk factor for contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI). The latter should be recorded in DM patients undergoing carotid stenting since it can influence both short- and long-term outcomes. From a pathophysiological perspective, functional changes in the carotid artery may precede morphological ones. Furthermore, carotid plaque characteristics are increasingly being studied in terms of vascular risk stratification and monitoring short-term changes attributed to treatment. The present narrative review discusses the recent (2019) literature on the associations between DM and carotid artery disease. Physicians and vascular surgeons looking after patients with carotid disease and DM should consider these links that may influence outcomes. Further research in this field is also needed to optimise the treatment of such patients.
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- Niki Katsiki
- Diabetes Center, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, First Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Free Hospital Campus, University College London Medical School, University College London (UCL), London, UK.,Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Winckler K, Thorsteinsson B, Wiinberg N, Jensen AK, Lundby-Christensen L, Heitmann BL, Lund SS, Krarup T, Jensen T, Vestergaard H, Breum L, Sneppen S, Boesgaard T, Madsbad S, Gluud C, Vaag A, Almdal TP, Tarnow L. Prediction of carotid intima-media thickness and its relation to cardiovascular events in persons with type 2 diabetes. J Diabetes Complications 2020; 34:107681. [PMID: 32741659 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2020.107681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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AIMS To investigate measures of carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and conventional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors as predictors of future carotid IMT, and the prediction of CV events during follow-up based on measures of carotid IMT. METHODS Observational longitudinal study including 230 persons with type 2 diabetes (T2D). RESULTS Mean age at follow-up was 66.7 (SD 8.5) years, 30.5% were women and mean body mass index (BMI) was 31.8 (4.4) kg/m2. Carotid IMT was measured at baseline, after 18 months of intervention in the Copenhagen Insulin and Metformin Therapy (CIMT) trial and after a mean follow-up of 6.4 (1.0) years. Baseline carotid IMT, carotid IMT after 18 months' intervention, and CV risk factors (age, sex and baseline systolic blood pressure) gave the best prediction of carotid IMT (root mean-squared error of prediction of 0.106 and 95% prediction error probability interval of -0.160, 0.204). CONCLUSIONS Measures of carotid IMT combined with CV risk factors at baseline predicts attained carotid IMT better than measures of carotid IMT or CV risk factors alone. Carotid IMT did not predict CV events, and the present results do not support the use of carotid IMT as a predictor of CV events in persons with T2D.
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- Karoline Winckler
- Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hilleroed, Denmark.
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- Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hilleroed, Denmark; University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark.
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- Section of Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Research, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hilleroed, Denmark.
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- Research Unit for Dietary Studies, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark; Department of Public Health, Section for General Practice, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Ingelheim, Ingelheim, Germany
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- Department of Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg, Denmark
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- Department of Endocrinology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark,; The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Section of Metabolic Genetics, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, University Hospital Koege, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark
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- University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Endocrinology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Research, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hilleroed, Denmark; Steno Diabetes Center Sjaelland, Holbaek, Denmark.
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