Objective To understand the correlation of the smoking to carotid arterioles artherosclerosis.
Methods The incidence of carotid artherosclerosis plaque and carotid arterioles artherosclerosis index in 68 hypertensive patients was examined and the relationship between cigarette smoking and carotid artherosclerosis was observed.
Results The rate of carotid artherosclerosis plaque and carotid arterioles artherosclerosis index with hypertensive patients were significantly increased according to longer duration and quantity of cigarette smoking of patients(P < 0.05).
Conclusion The duration and quantity of cigarette smoking of patients are related to carotid artherosclerosis plaque and carotid arterioles artherosclerosis index.The cigarette smoking may take part in the forming and developing of artherosclerosis.
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