Non-invasive quantification of subclinical atherosclerosis in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients

Abstract

The present study was caiTied out in the period between Augusts 2002 and , May 2004 in the Internal Medicine Department, Menoufiya University Hospitals. The study included 40 patients with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus less than one year duration (20 male patients aged from 36 to 48 years with mean age 42.4 years and 20 female patients aged from 36 to 50 years with mean age 44.4 years) and 10 healthy subjects (5 male subjects aged from 36 to 48 years with mean age 42 years and 5 female subjects aged from 36 to 50 years with mean age 44 years) served as a control group. Aim o(tlte work:

The work aims at studying the intimal changes in the common carotid and femoral atteries and pulse wave analysis in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes to verify the presence of subclinical atherosclerosis.

Subjects and Methods:

The selection of patients m this work had taken into consideration the presence of: - Inclusion criteria: Newly diagnosed diabetic patients whether

symptomatic or asymptomatic as regards to diabetic symptoms.

Exclusion criteria:

I- Cerebrovascular diseases

2- Smoking 3- Hypemrcemia .-

4- Petipheral vascular diseases

5- Ischemic heatt diseases

All su jects were subjected to the .following: -

• 7/wrough history taking including age, sex, smoking, symptoms of diabetes such as polyuria, polydepsia, polyphagia and unexplained