Carotid atherosclerosis is a major and potentially preventable cause of ischemic stroke. It
begins early in life and progresses silently over the years. Identification of individuals with …

Background Precision medicine has the potential to improve cardiovascular disease (CVD)
risk prediction in individuals with Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Methods We conducted a …

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients are at high risk of presenting with arterial
calcification or stiffness, which confers increased cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. In …

Diabetic type 2 patients compared to nondiabetic patients exhibit an increased risk of
developing diabetic kidney disease (DKD), the leading cause of end‐stage renal disease …

Background: Obesity, and in particular extreme obesity, as a global health problem is an
important risk factor for many diseases, including atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease …

Carotid intima–media thickness (IMT), plaque, and stenosis are widely used as early
surrogate markers of subclinical atherosclerosis and strong predictors of future deaths and …

We evaluated the association between automatically measured carotid total plaque area
(TPA) and the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), a biomarker of chronic kidney …

Background Normoalbuminuric diabetic kidney disease (NADKD) is a newly defined DKD,
the clinical features and pathogenesis for which are still being understood. This study aimed …

Introduction Vascular calcification (VC) which is the pathological mineral deposition in the
vascular system, predominantly at the intimal and medial layer of the vessel wall, is an …

We sought to investigate the possible association between Red Blood Cell Distribution
Width (RDW), vascular calcification, oxidative stress and renal function and all …