
Appears in Collections College of Medicine > Department of Medical Science > 1. Impact of carotid atherosclerosis detection on physician and patient behavior in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a prospective, observational, multicenter studyįiles in This Item There are no files associated with this item. Improved awareness of atherosclerosis through CUS findings had a positive impact on both patient and physician behavior, resulting in improved CV risk management. Conclusions: Carotid atherosclerosis was detected in more than 30 % of all participants with low or intermediate risk stratification scores. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. To solve the problem, uninstall the Risk Engine and then re-run the new version installer as follows: Select Settings, Control Panel from the start menu. Moreover, increased awareness of atherosclerosis through CUS findings significantly altered physician treatment patterns and patient health-related behaviors. This can occur when a new version is not installed successfully.

The proportion of patients who achieved target LDL-C levels significantly increased after CUS. Interestingly, 31.5 % of the patients with low risk scores according to the UKPDSRE calculator and 35.8 % of the patients with low risk scores according to the FRS algorithm were found to be at high risk according to CUS. Participants with complete data for risk score variables (sex, ethnicity, smoking status, presence or absence of atrial fibrillation, systolic blood pressure, HbA 1c, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol) and. Results: According to CUS, 43.5 % of the participants were at high risk (compared to 10.6 % and 4.3 % using the UKPDSRE and FRS approaches, respectively). Modelled 10year risk of cardiovascular disease was calculated using the UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) engine version 3.0 19. Using the UKPDS risk engine, there was a non-significant reduction in.

Health-related behaviors and physician treatments were compared at baseline and at 6 months after assessment. Recalculation of cardiovascular risk score as a surrogate marker of change in. Drug survival was evaluated using Kaplan. Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) Risk Engine (RE). Methods: In this prospective, observational, multicenter study, 797 participants with type 2 diabetes were assessed using CUS, the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study Risk Engine (UKPDSRE) calculator, and the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) algorithm. estimated the 10- year cardiovascular (CV) risk using the UK. Background: This study compared carotid ultrasound (CUS) and traditional risk calculations in determining cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and investigated whether awareness of CVD affects patient and/or physician behavior.
