Sonographic Evaluation of Common Carotid Artery
Intima-media Thickness in Adults With Hypertension:
A Case-controlled Study

ABMS

Sonographic Evaluation of Common Carotid Artery Intima-media Thickness in Adults With Hypertension: A Case-controlled Study
Alhaji M. Ali¹, Anthony C. Ugwu², Abubakar Umar³, Sobechukwu W.I, Onwuzwu⁴, Mohammed Abba⁵, Halima K. Abba-Sulum⁶ Mohammed Y Mohammed⁶, Jamila M Hassan⁶, Adam A Mohammed⁶
Background: Hypertension (HTN) is one of the leading non-communicable disease affecting millions of people globally. It is known to cause changes in the morphology and functions on the arteries such as the carotid artery. Objective: This study aimed to measure common carotid intima media thickness (CCIMT) in subjects with HTN and healthy control subjects and the correlation of CCIMT with some of the risk factors such as age, gender, body mass index (BMI), body surface area (BSA) and body adiposity index (BAI). Materials and method: This is a prospective case-control study involving 188 adult subjects with hypertension HTN and 144 healthy adult controls. Result: There were significant positive correlations between CCIMT and age in subjects with HTN (r=0.512 and r=0.316 for males and females respectively); with healthy controls (r=0.619 and 0.626 for males and females, respectively). Conclusion: Study revealed that increase in CCIMT is associated with HTN. In addition, age has a significant positive correlation with CCIMT in both subjects with HTN and healthy controls.
10.51658/ABMS.202331.15
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