Momeni Ali, Dyani Mohamad Ali, Ebrahimi Elnaz, Sedehi Morteza, Naderi Afsaneh
Department of Nephrology, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Department of Radiology, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
J Res Med Sci. 2015 Apr;20(4):393-6.
This study was carried out in order to evaluate the relationship between retinopathy and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT).
In a cross-sectional study, 154 diabetic patients who had a history of diabetic disease were evaluated in two equal groups of 77 patients with and without retinopathy, respectively. CIMT was evaluated in all of the patients.
Mean age of the patients was 59.65 ± 9.37 years. Mean CIMT of all patients was 0.84 ± 0.18. CIMT of patients with retinopathy was significantly greater than patients without retinopathy (P < 0.001). CIMT also correlated with age, duration of diabetes, systolic blood pressure, blood urea nitrogen, and serum creatinine.
CIMT may be used as a simple, available and noninvasive method for screening of macro and microvascular complication of diabetic patients.
开展本研究以评估视网膜病变与颈动脉内膜中层厚度（CIMT）之间的关系。
在一项横断面研究中，对154例有糖尿病病史的糖尿病患者进行评估，分别分为两组，每组77例，一组有视网膜病变，另一组无视网膜病变。对所有患者的CIMT进行评估。
患者的平均年龄为59.65±9.37岁。所有患者的平均CIMT为0.84±0.18。有视网膜病变患者的CIMT显著高于无视网膜病变患者（P<0.001）。CIMT还与年龄、糖尿病病程、收缩压、血尿素氮和血清肌酐相关。
CIMT可作为一种简单、可行且无创的方法，用于筛查糖尿病患者的大血管和微血管并发症。
