Metabolic syndrome correlates with polyvascular lesions detected by systemic vascular ultrasonography in Japanese people with type 2 diabetes

Ayumu Hirata; Ken Kishida; Hideaki Nakatsuji; Aki Hiuge-Shimizu; Tohru Funahashi; Iichiro Shimomura

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2012.01.020

Metabolic syndrome correlates with polyvascular lesions detected by systemic vascular ultrasonography in Japanese people with type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2012 May;96(2):e26-9. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.01.020. Epub 2012 Feb 8.

Authors

Ayumu Hirata¹, Ken Kishida, Hideaki Nakatsuji, Aki Hiuge-Shimizu, Tohru Funahashi, Iichiro Shimomura

Affiliation

¹ Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.

PMID: 22325158
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.01.020

Abstract

Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease of blood vessels. We investigated clinical characteristics of Japanese type 2 diabetic patients with polyvascular lesions detected by systemic vascular ultrasonography. The results showed that the metabolic syndrome correlated with polyvascular lesions detected by systemic vascular ultrasonography in Japanese type 2 diabetics.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Atherosclerosis / diagnostic imaging*
Atherosclerosis / pathology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / diagnostic imaging*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / pathology*
Female
Humans
Male
Metabolic Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
Metabolic Syndrome / pathology
Middle Aged
Ultrasonography