Ratio of waist-to-calf circumference and carotid atherosclerosis in Korean patients with type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether waist circumference (WC), calf circumference (CC), and waist-to-calf ratio (WCR) are associated with carotid atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Research design and methods

This was an observational study performed in 3,694 Korean patients with type 2 diabetes. Anthropometric measures and carotid ultrasound were performed on each subject. Carotid atherosclerosis was defined as having a clearly isolated focal plaque or mean carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) ≥1.1 mm.

Results

CIMT and the frequency of carotid atherosclerosis were higher with increasing WC quartiles and decreasing CC quartiles. There was an augmentative effect of CC and WC on the frequency of carotid atherosclerosis, which was dramatically higher in both

SUBMITTER: Kim SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3161258 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature