Predictors of subclinical atherosclerosis evaluated by carotid intima-media thickness in asymptomatic young women with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the occurrence and clinical predictors of subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic, young adult women with type 1 DM.

Subjects And Methods: The study included 45 women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) (aged 36 ± 9 years) who underwent carotid Doppler ultrasound evaluation to determine the carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) and to assess the occurrence of carotid artery plaques. Insulin sensitivity was assessed by estimated glucose disposal rate (eGDR), and metabolic syndrome (MS) was defined by the World Health Organization criteria.

Increased epicardial adipose tissue in type 1 diabetes is associated with central obesity and metabolic syndrome.

Aims: The present study evaluated the relationship between metabolic syndrome (MS), body fat composition and epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) in type 1 diabetes. Epicardial adipose tissue is a new independent marker of coronary artery disease (CAD).

Methods: forty-five type 1 diabetic women were evaluated (age 36 ± 9 years; body mass index 24.

Evaluation of atherosclerosis in renal transplanted patients by non-invasive methods.

Background: Endothelial dysfunction can be considered an early atherogenic event.

Objective: To assess atherosclerosis in renal transplanted patients through the coronary calcium score, carotid duplex scan and brachial reactivity through ultrasonography.

Methods: We assessed 30 renal transplanted male patients with stable renal function, with a mean age of 41.