Reference values of carotid intima-media thickness and arterial stiffness in Chinese adults based on ultrasound radio frequency signal: A nationwide, multicenter study.


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Chinese medical journal
ISSN: 2542-5641
Titre abrégé: Chin Med J (Engl)
Pays: China
ID NLM: 7513795

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Date de publication:
03 Jul 2024
Historique:
received: 13 07 2023
medline: 3 7 2024
pubmed: 3 7 2024
entrez: 3 7 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and diameter, stiffness, and wave reflections, are independent and important clinical biomarkers and risk predictors for cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of the present study was to establish nationwide reference values of carotid properties for healthy Chinese adults and to explore potential clinical determinants. A total of 3053 healthy Han Chinese adults (1922 women) aged 18-79 years were enrolled at 28 collaborating tertiary centers throughout China between April 2021 and July 2022. The real-time tracking of common carotid artery walls was achieved by the radio frequency (RF) ultrasound system. The IMT, diameter, compliance coefficient, β stiffness, local pulse wave velocity (PWV), local systolic blood pressure, augmented pressure (AP), and augmentation index (AIx) were then automatically measured and reported. Data were stratified by age groups and sex. The relationships between age and carotid property parameters were analyzed by Jonckheere-Terpstra test and simple linear regressions. The major clinical determinants of carotid properties were identified by Pearson's correlation, multiple linear regression, and analyses of covariance. All the parameters of carotid properties demonstrated significantly age-related trajectories. Women showed thinner IMT, smaller carotid diameter, larger AP, and AIx than men. The β stiffness and PWV were significantly higher in men than women before forties, but the differences reversed after that. The increase rate of carotid IMT (5.5 μm/year in women and 5.8 μm/year in men) and diameter (0.03 mm/year in both men and women) were similar between men and women. For the stiffness and wave reflections, women showed significantly larger age-related variations than men as demonstrated by steeper regression slopes (all P for age by sex interaction <0.05). The blood pressures, body mass index (BMI), and triglyceride levels were identified as major clinical determinants of carotid properties with adjustment of age and sex. The age- and sex-specific reference values of carotid properties measured by RF ultrasound for healthy Chinese adults were established. The blood pressures, BMI, and triglyceride levels should be considered for clinical application of corresponding reference values.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and diameter, stiffness, and wave reflections, are independent and important clinical biomarkers and risk predictors for cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of the present study was to establish nationwide reference values of carotid properties for healthy Chinese adults and to explore potential clinical determinants.
METHODS METHODS
A total of 3053 healthy Han Chinese adults (1922 women) aged 18-79 years were enrolled at 28 collaborating tertiary centers throughout China between April 2021 and July 2022. The real-time tracking of common carotid artery walls was achieved by the radio frequency (RF) ultrasound system. The IMT, diameter, compliance coefficient, β stiffness, local pulse wave velocity (PWV), local systolic blood pressure, augmented pressure (AP), and augmentation index (AIx) were then automatically measured and reported. Data were stratified by age groups and sex. The relationships between age and carotid property parameters were analyzed by Jonckheere-Terpstra test and simple linear regressions. The major clinical determinants of carotid properties were identified by Pearson's correlation, multiple linear regression, and analyses of covariance.
RESULTS RESULTS
All the parameters of carotid properties demonstrated significantly age-related trajectories. Women showed thinner IMT, smaller carotid diameter, larger AP, and AIx than men. The β stiffness and PWV were significantly higher in men than women before forties, but the differences reversed after that. The increase rate of carotid IMT (5.5 μm/year in women and 5.8 μm/year in men) and diameter (0.03 mm/year in both men and women) were similar between men and women. For the stiffness and wave reflections, women showed significantly larger age-related variations than men as demonstrated by steeper regression slopes (all P for age by sex interaction <0.05). The blood pressures, body mass index (BMI), and triglyceride levels were identified as major clinical determinants of carotid properties with adjustment of age and sex.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
The age- and sex-specific reference values of carotid properties measured by RF ultrasound for healthy Chinese adults were established. The blood pressures, BMI, and triglyceride levels should be considered for clinical application of corresponding reference values.

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doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000003156
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Auteurs

Changyang Xing (C)

Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, China.

Xiujing Xie (X)

Department of Ultrasound Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China.

Yu Wu (Y)

Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China.

Lei Xu (L)

Department of Ultrasound, Xi'an Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China.

Xiangping Guan (X)

Ultrasound Medical Diagnosis Center, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710068, China.

Fan Li (F)

Department of Ultrasound, Hospital of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.

Xiaojun Zhan (X)

Department of Ultrasound, Xi'an No. 1 Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710002, China.

Hengli Yang (H)

Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Medical College, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, China.

Jinsong Li (J)

Department of Ultrasound, Xi'an Gem Flower ChangQing Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710201, China.

Qi Zhou (Q)

Department of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, China.

Yuming Mu (Y)

Department of Echocardiography, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China.

Qing Zhou (Q)

Department of Ultrasound, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, China.

Yunchuan Ding (Y)

Department of Ultrasound, Yan'an Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650051, China.

Yingli Wang (Y)

Department of Ultrasound, Yan'an University Xianyang Hospital, Xianyang, Shaanxi 712000, China.

Xiangzhu Wang (X)

Department of Function Examination, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Third Affiliated Hospital, Beijing 100029, China.

Yu Zheng (Y)

Department of Ultrasound, Xi'an Central Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, China.

Xiaofeng Sun (X)

Cadre's Wards Ultrasound Department, Diagnostic Ultrasound Center, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130000, China.

Hua Li (H)

Department of Echocardiography, Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830002, China.

Chaoxue Zhang (C)

Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, China.

Cheng Zhao (C)

Department of Abdominal Ultrasound, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, China.

Shaodong Qiu (S)

Department of Ultrasound, Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510260, China.

Guozhen Yan (G)

Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College of Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, Inner Mongolia 014000, China.

Hong Yang (H)

Department of Medical Ultrasonics, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China.

Yinjuan Mao (Y)

Department of Ultrasound, The Fourth People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710043, China.

Weiwei Zhan (W)

Department of Ultrasound, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.

Chunyan Ma (C)

Department of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China.

Ying Gu (Y)

Department of Ultrasound Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, China.

Wu Chen (W)

Department of Ultrasound Imaging, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, China.

Mingxing Xie (M)

Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China.

Tianan Jiang (T)

Department of Ultrasound Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China.

Lijun Yuan (L)

Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, China.

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