Characteristics of atheromatosis in the prediabetes stage: a cross-sectional investigation of the ILERVAS project

Characteristics of atheromatosis in the prediabetes stage: a cross-sectional investigation of the ILERVAS project

Abstract Background Prediabetes has recently been associated with subclinical atheromatous disease in the middle-aged population. Our aim was to characterize atheromatous plaque burden by the number of affected territories and the total plaque area in the prediabetes stage. Methods Atheromatous plaq...

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Main Authors: Enric Sánchez, Àngels Betriu, Carolina López-Cano, Marta Hernández, Elvira Fernández, Francisco Purroy, Marcelino Bermúdez-López, Cristina Farràs-Sallés, Silvia Barril, Reinald Pamplona, Ferran Rius, Cristina Hernández, Rafael Simó, Albert Lecube, the ILERVAS project collaborators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Subjects:
Cardiovascular risk factors
Glycosylated hemoglobin
Subclinical atheromatous disease
Prediabetes
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-019-0962-6

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