ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2022
Is Obesity a Risk Factor for Carotid Atherosclerotic Disease?-Opportunistic Review.
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- Association Between Cigarette Smoking and Carotid Plaque Stiffness Assessed Using Ultrasound Shear-Wave Elastography.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2026Article
- A Comprehensive Evaluation of Adiposity Indices on 20-Year Cumulative Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes: The ATTICA Cohort Study (2002-2022).Clinical obesity · 2026Article
- Metabolically Abnormal Obesity and Carotid Plaque Vulnerability: A Vessel Wall MRI Study Linking Obesity Phenotypes to Atherosclerotic Instability.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2025Article
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- Predicting carotid atherosclerosis in latent autoimmune diabetes in adult patients using machine learning models: a retrospective study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Article
- The relationships between anthropometric measurements, organ weights and intracranial, carotid and coronary atherosclerosis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Article
- Ultrasonography-based prediction of carotid artery atherosclerosis using multiple abdominal fat indices.Journal of ultrasonography · 2025Article
- Serum Uric Acid, Hypertriglyceridemia, and Carotid Plaques: A Sub-Analysis of the URic Acid Right for Heart Health (URRAH) Study.Metabolites · 2024Article
- Non-linear dose-response relationship between the visceral adiposity index and diabetes in adults with normoglycemia: a cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Nicotine dependence and visceral adiposity as risk factors for the development and severity of carotid artery stenosis.Journal of medicine and life · 2023Article
- Associations of Traumatic Injury with Abnormal Glucose Metabolism: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study.Clinical epidemiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Obesity is a risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis. However, the influence of adipose tissue in carotid atherosclerosis is not completely understood. No systematic review/meta-analysis was previously performed to understand if obesity is a risk factor for carotid atherosclerosis. This paper aims to provide an opportunistic review of the association between obesity and carotid atherosclerosis and define the role of the different adipose tissue depots in the characteristics of carotid stenosis. The databases PubMed and Cochrane Library were searched on 15-27 April and 19 May 2021. A total of 1750 articles published between 1985 and 2019 were identified, 64 were preselected, and 38 papers (35,339 subjects) were included in the final review. The most frequent methods used to determine obesity were anthropometric measures. Carotid plaque was mostly characterized by ultrasound. Overall obesity and visceral fat were not associated with the presence of carotid plaque when evaluated separately. Waist-hip ratio, however, was a significant anthropometric measure associated with the prevalence of carotid plaques. As it reflected the ratio of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue, the balance between these depots could impact the prevalence of carotid plaques.
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