Descriptive model of carotid atherosclerosis prevalence in adult urban population of siberian region

The aim of the study was to investigate the multifactorial associations between the traditional cardiovascular risk factors and prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis in general population of Tomsk. Cross-sectional epidemiologic study of general Tomsk population aged 25-64 years (n=1600) consisted in screening examination of extracranial carotid vascular bed to detect the presence of atherosclerotic plaques by ultrasonography. We examined age, gender, smoking exposure duration, total cholesterol, high density cholesterol, abdominal obesity, low educational status, systolic blood pressure, hsCRP, fasting plasma glucose, diabetes mellitus, antihypertensive treatment, and cholesterol-lowering treatment as potential determinants of carotid atherosclerosis. To study associations, we used logistic regression analysis. Error probability