Increased pulse wave velocity and relationship with inflammation, insulin, and insulin resistance in inflammatory bowel disease

KORKMAZ H., Sahin F., İPEKÇİ S. H., TEMEL T., KEBAPCILAR L.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY, vol.26, no.7, pp.725-732, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/meg.0000000000000104
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.725-732
  • Keywords: arterial stiffness, homocysteine, inflammatory bowel disease, insulin resistance, pulse wave velocity, C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT, ARTERIAL STIFFNESS, CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE, RISK, POPULATION, ATHEROSCLEROSIS, PATHOGENESIS, REFLECTIONS, MECHANISMS
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective Both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which is characterized by chronic, progressive inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Recent studies have shed new light on the importance of inflammation in the pathogenesis of arterial stiffness.