Sklerodermalı hastalarda karotis intima-media kalınlığı ile subklinik aterosklerozun değerlendirilmesi

Aim: Inflammation has an important role in the development of atherosclerosis. The risk atherosclerosis and its complications is higher for patients with diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus rheumatoid arthritis whom inflammatory activity high than healthy individuals. However, several studies have shown conflicting results scleroderma. In this study, carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) was compared scleroderma a control group.
 Methods: Thirty diagnosed (mean age 51.3 ± 11.8 years) 30 volunteers were included study. groups similar regarding age, gender, factors 
 Results: There no statistically significant difference between lipid level, hypertension, diabetes mellitus prevalence (p>0.05). mean CIMT (scleroderma group: 0.070±0.011, 0.048±0.008, p