carotid intimal medial thickness (CIMT)
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Introduction
A measure of atherosclerosis independently associated with cardiovascular risk
Genetics
- associated with variation in PPARG (type 1)
- 35 to 45% of the variability in multivariable-adjusted CIMT is explained by genetic factors
Clinical significance
- adds only a small amount of information to that obtained by the Framingham Risk Score[2]
Methods
More general terms
References
- ↑ UniProt http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P37231.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Den Ruijter HM et al. Common carotid intima-media thickness measurements in cardiovascular risk prediction: A meta-analysis. JAMA 2012 Aug 22/29; 308:796. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22910757