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Carotid intima-media thickness in Parkinson's disease

Title
Carotid intima-media thickness in Parkinson's disease
Authors
Lee J.-M.Park K.-W.Seo W.-K.Moon H.P.Han C.Jo I.Sangmee A.J.
Ewha Authors
조인호
SCOPUS Author ID
조인호scopusscopus
Issue Date
2007
Journal Title
Movement Disorders
ISSN
0885-3185JCR Link
Citation
Movement Disorders vol. 22, no. 16, pp. 2446 - 2449
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SCI; SCIE; SCOPUS WOS scopus
Document Type
Article
Abstract
There have been a few studies and inconsistent results regarding the coincidence of Parkinson's disease (PD) and atherosclerotic diseases, such as cerebrovascular disease. Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is a known marker for subclinical atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the carotid IMT between PD patients and controls. We studied 43 patients with PD and 86 matched controls. The carotid IMT in PD patients was significantly smaller than in controls (0.796 ± 0.179 mm vs. 0.913 ± 0.237 mm, P < 0.05). In multivariate analysis, the carotid IMT was inversely associated with the duration of levodopa medication and the severity of PD. These results suggest that PD patients have a lower risk of atherosclerosis. © 2007 Movement Disorder Society.
DOI
10.1002/mds.21757
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