Measurement of Common Carotid Arteries Intima Media Thickness Using Ultrasonography in Sudanese People

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to carry the measurement of carotid artery intima-media thickness in healthy Sudanese people. This was carried in order to account the variation in respect to international index and correlate CAIMT measurement with: gender, age and body mass index as well as compare between right and left CAIMT in Khartoum state, Sudan; Department of Ultrasound in Bashayir hospital for the period from May 2016 to September 2016. The observations of study were included 50 healthy Sudanese males and females and the data were obtained from people who were examined for right and left main common carotid arteries. Therefore, the sonographic measurement of CAIMT was made in the longitudinal plane at the point of CCA along a section of the artery 1 cm proximal to the carotid bulb. The study we found that the right main common carotid artery IMT range between 0.04cm to 0.073, while the left main common carotid artery IMT range between 0.04 cm to 0.07cm. The study found that there was a week degree of correlation between CAIMT with subject age and BMI while there was a strong degree of correlation between the values of right and left CAIMT. Hence, the study concluded that the CAIMT +values were higher in female than in male. Thus, the there were week degree of correlation between CAIMT and the subject age and BMI, and hence the CAIMT had higher values in right than left.