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Abstract
This study included 40 female patients with SLE and 10 age matched
healthy females as a control group. The control group had a mean IMT=0.3 8mm
with range (0.2-0.5mm), while the patients had a mean IMT=0.56mm with
range (0.4-0.9mm). We found 8 patients (20%) with high IMT and 2 of them-
had carotid plaques. In this study there was a positive significant correlation
between IMT and fasting insulin level (p= 0.03) and between IMT and
cholesterol (p=0.02) in the patients group. Also when a comparison was done
between cases and control in relation to risk factors for coronary artery disease
and atherosclerosis, we found that albumin, triglycerides, diastolic blood
pressure, IMT and insulin all were of significant values.