A Study on relation of Carotid Intima Media Thickness (CIMT) to various micro & macro-vascular complications of diabetes

Abstract

CIMT has been proposed as a risk factor that may be included in the algorithms for cardiovascular risk assessment 10. In CIMT measurement, common carotid and internal carotid arteries are usually taken into consideration. Considering this relative risk of MI is reported more with increasing internal CIMT compared with common CIMT, but the opposite is reported for stroke risk. This single centre, prospective, observational study was carried out in Diabetes unit of tertiary care hospital in patients of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Patients were screened with following inclusion and exclusion criteria and total 100 patients were enrolled in the study. Among macrovascular complications, coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular accident and peripheral vascular disease were present in 13.00%, 7.00% and 16.00% of the patients. In microvascular complications, most common encountered complication was retinopathy (33.00%) followed by nephropathy and neuropathy in 32.00% and 19.00% patients respectively.