Research Article
Carotid Atherosclerosis, Endothelial Disfunction, and Arterial Stiffness in Young and Middle-Aged Men with Coronary Artery Disease
Table 2
Structural and functional status of the arteries in young and middle-aged men with recently developed CAD.
| | Variable | CAD () | No CAD () | P |
| | Carotid IMT (mm) | 0.88 ± 0.23 | 0.76 ± 0.18 | 0.01 | | ≥0.9 mm (%) | 18 (36.7%) | 5 (17.2%) | NS | | Carotid plaques (%) | 45 (91.8%) | 8 (27.6%) | <0.001 | | More than 1 plaque (%) | 39 (86.7%) | 4 (13.8%) | <0.001 | | Brachial artery FMD (%) | 4.5 ± 2.8 | 5.8 ± 2.2 | 0.03 | | >8% (%) | 5 (10.2%) | 5 (17.2%) | NS | | Aortic PWV | 6.8 ± 1.3 | 5.8 ± 0,9 | <0/001 | | ≥6,5 m/s | 26 (53.1%) | 7 (24.1%) | 0.02 |
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CAD, coronary artery disease; IMT, intima-media thickness; FMD, flow-mediated dilatation; PWV, pulse wave velocity.
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