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Published in: Cardiovascular Diabetology 1/2013

Open Access 01-12-2013 | Original investigation

Prevalence and clinical characteristics of carotid atherosclerosis in newly diagnosed patients with ketosis-onset diabetes: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Lian-Xi Li, Cui-Chun Zhao, Ying Ren, Yin-Fang Tu, Jun-Xi Lu, Xing Wu, Wei-Xing Zhang, Jia-An Zhu, Mei-Fang Li, Li-Bo Yu, Yu-Qian Bao, Wei-Ping Jia

Published in: Cardiovascular Diabetology | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

Background

The features of carotid atherosclerosis in ketosis-onset diabetes have not been investigated. Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence and clinical characteristics of carotid atherosclerosis in newly diagnosed Chinese diabetic patients with ketosis but without islet-associated autoantibodies.

Methods

In total, 423 newly diagnosed Chinese patients with diabetes including 208 ketosis-onset diabetics without islet-associated autoantibodies, 215 non-ketotic type 2 diabetics and 79 control subjects without diabetes were studied. Carotid atherosclerosis was defined as the presence of atherosclerotic plaques in any of the carotid vessel segments. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), carotid atherosclerotic plaque formation and stenosis were assessed and compared among the three groups based on Doppler ultrasound examination. The clinical features of carotid atherosclerotic lesions were analysed, and the risk factors associated with carotid atherosclerosis were evaluated using binary logistic regression in patients with diabetes.

Results

The prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis was significantly higher in the ketosis-onset diabetic group (30.80%) than in the control group (15.2%, p=0.020) after adjusting for age- and sex-related differences, but no significant difference was observed in comparison to the non-ketotic diabetic group (35.8%, p=0.487). The mean CIMT of the ketosis-onset diabetics (0.70±0.20 mm) was markedly higher than that of the control subjects (0.57±0.08 mm, p<0.001), but no significant difference was found compared with the non-ketotic type 2 diabetics (0.73±0.19 mm, p=0.582) after controlling for differences in age and sex. In both the ketosis-onset and the non-ketotic diabetes, the prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis was markedly increased with age (both p<0.001) after controlling for sex, but no sex difference was observed (p=0.479 and p=0.707, respectively) after controlling for age. In the ketosis-onset diabetics, the presence of carotid atherosclerosis was significantly associated with age, hypertension, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and mean CIMT.

Conclusions

The prevalence and risk of carotid atherosclerosis were significantly higher in the ketosis-onset diabetics than in the control subjects but similar to that in the non-ketotic type 2 diabetics. The characteristics of carotid atherosclerotic lesions in the ketosis-onset diabetics resembled those in the non-ketotic type 2 diabetics. Our findings support the classification of ketosis-onset diabetes as a subtype of type 2 diabetes.
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Metadata
Title
Prevalence and clinical characteristics of carotid atherosclerosis in newly diagnosed patients with ketosis-onset diabetes: a cross-sectional study
Authors
Lian-Xi Li
Cui-Chun Zhao
Ying Ren
Yin-Fang Tu
Jun-Xi Lu
Xing Wu
Wei-Xing Zhang
Jia-An Zhu
Mei-Fang Li
Li-Bo Yu
Yu-Qian Bao
Wei-Ping Jia
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Cardiovascular Diabetology / Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1475-2840
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-12-18

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