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ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2017

Preclinical atherosclerosis in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: a case-control study.

Vincenzo Bruzzese, Giuseppe Palermo, Lorenzo Ridola, Roberto Lorenzetti, Cesare Hassan, Annamaria Izzo, Angelo Zullo

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Article in Annals of translational medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vincenzo BruzzeseInternal Medicine, Rheumatology and Gastroenterology, "Nuovo Regina Margherita" Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe PalermoAngiology Unit, "Nuovo Regina Margherita" Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Lorenzo RidolaInternal Medicine, Rheumatology and Gastroenterology, "Nuovo Regina Margherita" Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Roberto LorenzettiInternal Medicine, Rheumatology and Gastroenterology, "Nuovo Regina Margherita" Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Cesare HassanInternal Medicine, Rheumatology and Gastroenterology, "Nuovo Regina Margherita" Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Annamaria IzzoAngiology Unit, "Nuovo Regina Margherita" Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Angelo ZulloInternal Medicine, Rheumatology and Gastroenterology, "Nuovo Regina Margherita" Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Ospedale Regina Margherita · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAn independent role of chronic inflammation in the atherosclerotic process in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) has been suggested, but data are still contentious. We assessed pre-clinical atherosclerosis in the IBD patients without traditional risk factors.

methodsIn this case-control study we assessed the early atherosclerotic alterations by carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) measurement in IBD patients and matched controls. The normal CIMT values were ≤0.9 mm; moderate thickness when >0.9 and ≤1.2 mm, and pre-clinical atherosclerosis when >1.2 mm. We selected a homogeneous group of IBD patients, all in ongoing biologic therapy, without any traditional risk factor for atherosclerosis as well as controls.

resultsThe study enrolled 23 consecutive patients (16 with ulcerative colitis and 7 with Crohn's disease) and 20 controls matched for age and sex. The mean of CIMT values was not statistically different between patients and controls (0.68±0.21

conclusionsThis case-control study found that the atherosclerotic process is not more apparent in IBD patients without traditional risk factors.

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atherosclerosisbiologic therapycarotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT)Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)

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PMID28480194
PMCPMC5401678
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