Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the most common causes of impairment of
human well-being and is also the main cause of death in the world. 1 CVD is apparently the …

DEAR EDITOR, We would like to thank Yang et al. for their interest in our work. 1 In their
Letter to the Editor, they summarized our most important findings and also raised several …

Background: Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus (DM) are common
cardiovascular disease (CVD) comorbidities and well-known major determinants of …

DEAR EDITOR, We have read the article entitled “Combined effects of hypertension,
hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus on the presence and severity of carotid …

For the first concern, we found that the most predictive regression models for the presence
and severity of carotid atherosclerosis included older age, male sex, cigarette smoking, and …

Objective To explore the association of hypertension and carotid atherosclerosis in a
general population in China. Methods A population-based cardiovascular epidemiology …

Carotid atherosclerosis is associated with many serious cardiovascular diseases; hence, it is
necessary to identify factors related to its occurrence in order to develop preventive and …

Objective To explore the association of hypertension and carotid atherosclerosis in a
general population in China. Methods A population-based epidemiological survey on …

Objective To explore the association between blood pressure and blood glucose levels and
carotid atherosclerosis in elderly patients with essential hypertension and type 2 diabetes …

Intima-media thickness is a non-invasive arterial marker of early-stage atherosclerosis.
Identifying carotid plaque is a superior surrogate endpoint for assessing atherosclerotic …