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Observational studyJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2018

Impact of different antihypertensives on carotid arterial wall thickness.

Ki-Hong Kim, In Geol Song, Taek-Geun Kwon, Jeong Bae Park, Kee-Sik Kim, Wuon-Shik Kim, Jang-Ho Bae

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Observational study in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Impact of different antihypertensives on carotid arterial wall thickness.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ki-Hong KimDepartment of Cardiology, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-3666-3397
In Geol SongDepartment of Cardiology, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-3965-5162
Taek-Geun KwonDepartment of Cardiology, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8095-5947
Jeong Bae ParkDepartment of Cardiology, Cheil General Hospital, Dankook University, Seoul, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-5623-7010
Kee-Sik KimDepartment of Cardiology, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, Daegu, Korea.
Wuon-Shik KimKorea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon, Korea.
Jang-Ho BaeDepartment of Cardiology, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-9533-7527

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypertension has been associated with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Carotid intima media thickness is increased in hypertensive patients. But, the correlation between carotid intima media thickness and antihypertensive agents is still uncertain. Therefore, we investigated carotid intima media thickness based on types of antihypertensive agents. 1809 patients were enrolled in this study and it showed that 1079 hypertensive patients had thicker carotid intima media thickness than non-hypertensive patients, with carotid intima media thicknesses of (0.72 ± 17 mm vs 0.64 ± 15 mm, P < .001), (0.31 ± 0.07 mm vs 0.30 ± 0.06 mm, P < .001), and (0.41 ± 0.13 mm vs 0.35 ± 0.12 mm, P < .001). Additionally, hypertensive patients on beta-blockers also had thicker carotid intima media thickness than the non-beta-blocker group, with carotid intima media thicknesses of (0.74 ± 0.18 mm vs 0.71 ± 0.16 mm, P = .018), (0.33 ± 0.09 mm vs 0.31 ± 0.07 mm, P = .029), and (0.43 ± 0.13 mm vs 0.40 ± 0.13 mm, P = .035). Multivariate analysis showed that carotid intima thickness was only correlated with beta-blockers (odds ratio = 2.489, confidence interval = 1.183-5.239, P = .016); however, this study showed that beta-blocker could be associated with increased carotid wall thickness as well.

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Carotid ArteriesAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAdultAgedAntihypertensive AgentsAtherosclerosisCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessCohort StudiesDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedRepublic of KoreaRisk AssessmentAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAntihypertensive Agentsantihypertensive agentsatherosclerosishypertensionultrasonography

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PMID29397581
PMCPMC8031263

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