| dc.contributor.author | Ongeti, Kevin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Saidi, Hassan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ogeng’o, Julius | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-06T13:21:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-02-06T13:21:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ongeti K, Saidi H O’oJ. "Common carotid intimal medial thickness in a Kenyan ." Anat J Afr . 2014;3 (3 ):393-399 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.anatomyafrica.org/Vol3Supplementary/ongeti.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/80196 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Carotid intimal medial thickness, a marker for early atherosclerosis, has high clinical utility. It
shows gender, regional, age and ethnic differences but data from black African populations
are scarce. This study describes the carotid intimal medial thickness in a black Kenyan
population. One hundred and fifty histological samples from 25 males and 25 female left
common carotid arteries were routinely processed for light microscopy and stained using
Mason’s Trichrome stain. The intimal medial thickness was measured on the
photomicrographs using the Scion Multiscan software. The mean age of the cases was
28
+
19yrs. Mean carotid intimal medial thickness is higher in males (0.97
+
0.22) than
females (0.77
+
0.06), p=0.05 and increases distally. Carotid intimal medial thickness
increased with age being 0.5
+
0.16mm, 0.87
+
0.24mm and 1.21
+
0.36 mm for the age
groups 0-20yrs, 21-40yrs and 41-60yrs respectively (p=0.035). Carotid intimal medial
thickness in black Africans is similar to that reported for Caucasian populations. It is higher
in males, increases distally and with age | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
| dc.subject | Carotid Intimal medial thickness, atherosclerosis | en_US |
| dc.title | Common carotid intimal medial thickness in a Kenyan population | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.type.material | en_US | en_US |
