@entity1004 ( @entity1004 ) of the extracranial carotid arteries measured by B-mode ultrasonography has been used as a marker of systemic and @entity453 . Previous studies have indicated that maximum and mean carotid @entity1004 are significantly correlated with the extent and severity of @entity453 ( @entity453 ), but the clinical usefulness of these markers is limited because they are neither specific nor sensitive enough to identify @entity1 with or without significant @entity453 . The correlation of a new @entity1004 marker, variance of @entity1004 , with coronary risk factors and @entity453 was investigated in 200 @entity1 who underwent carotid ultrasonography and coronary angiography. @entity1004 was measured in 16 sites of the extracranial carotid arteries for the calculation of mean, maximum and variance of @entity1004 . Univariate analysis showed that these three indexes were significantly correlated with age, serum lipoprotein (a) and @entity101 . However, age was correlated weakly with variance of @entity1004 . There were significant gender differences in the mean and maximum @entity1004 but not in the variance. There were also significant correlations of mean @entity1004 with smoking, and maximum and variance of @entity1004 with high-density lipoprotein. Multiple logistic regression analysis in 100 age and sex matched @entity1 indicated that the only significant predictor for @entity453 in this subgroup was variance of @entity1004 (odds ratio = 1.6). These results indicated that each risk factor causes different morphologic manifestations in the carotid @entity731 . Variance of @entity1004 , which represents the irregularity of carotid @entity1004 , was correlated well with @entity453 and appears to be useful for assessing systemic and @entity453 .

[Ultrasonographic assessment of carotid XXXX emphasizing the variety of intimal-medial thickness and the relationship with coronary risk factors].

@entity1004 :: ('MESH:C563733', 'Disease') :: ['IMT', 'Intimal-medial thickness'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertension'] @entity731 :: ('MESH:D050197', 'Disease') :: ['atherosclerotic lesion'] @entity453 :: ('MESH:D003324', 'Disease') :: ['CAD', 'coronary artery disease', 'coronary atherosclerosis']
@entity731 :: (MESH:D050197,Disease) :: ['atherosclerosis']
