Ultrasonography for Carotid intima-media thickness in aged patients with diabetes and analysis of risk factors

Objective To study the feature of carotid of aged patients with type2 diabetes and correlative risk factors of carotid atherosclemsis phque.Methods Carotid artery was measured in 111 aged patients with diabetes and 97 normal controls by uhrasonography.The diabetic patients were divided into plaque group and no-plaque group.The risk factors of plaque were analyzed.Results The IMT(intima-media thickness)of diabetes group was higher than that of the control group(P 0.05).There were statistical difference in the results of 2 hour postprandial glucose,course of the hypedipoidemia and hypertension,hish density fipoproteins-cholesterol and diabetic complication between phque and no -plaque group.Conclusion It was a main feature that thickened IMT and formed carotid atherosclerotic plaques in the aged patients with tape 2 diabetes.Some factors were direct risks for carotid plaque. Key words: Diabetes mellitus/PA/US; arteriosclerosis/CO/PA/US; carotid arteries/US