Vascular risk factors and staging of atherosclerosis in patients and controls: The Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We studied the prevalence of vascular risk factors (RFs) among 385 ischaemic stroke patients ⩽60 years and 260 controls, and their association with atherosclerosis in seven vascular areas.

Methods

History of cardiovascular events (CVE), hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), dyslipidaemia, pack-years of smoking (PYS), alcohol, and physical inactivity were noted. Blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), lipid profile, epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), visceral abdominal adipose tissue (VAT), and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue were measured. Numeric staging of atherosclerosis was done by standardized examination of seven vascular areas by right and left carotid and femoral intima-media thickness, electrocardiogram, abdominal aorta plaques,

SUBMITTER: Nawaz B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9446327 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature