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carotid intimal medial thickness (CIMT)

A measure of atherosclerosis independently associated with cardiovascular risk Genetics: - associated with variation in PPARG (type 1) - 35 to 45% of the variability in multivariable-adjusted CIMT is explained by genetic factors Clinical significance: - adds only a small amount of information to that obtained by the Framingham Risk Score [2] Method: - ultrasound

General

ultrasound (US, UTZ)

Database Correlations

OMIM 609338

References

  1. UniProt :accession P37231
  2. Den Ruijter HM et al. Common carotid intima-media thickness measurements in cardiovascular risk prediction: A meta-analysis. JAMA 2012 Aug 22/29; 308:796. PMID: 22910757