Concentrations of cadmium in different sections of symptomatic carotid plaques.

<p>The concentrations of cadmium by g of dry and wet weight in the upstream, stenosis, and downstream sections of endarterectomies from patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (n = 16). Data are geometric mean (SE).</p

Description of a highly stenotic carotid plaque and the division of the endarerectomies.

<p>The figure shows an endarterectomy (an atherosclerotic plaques, excised at operation) and the arrow shows the direction of the blood flow. The endarterectomy samples were prepared in relation to the blood flow direction and the bifurcation between the internal (ICA) and external (ECA) carotid artery. The inner flow divider was defined as the zero point in the vascular lumen, separating the blood flow to ICA and ECA (A) and was localized at the bifurcation (B) minus 1.5 mm [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0121240#pone.0121240.ref023" target="_blank">23</a>]. From that zero point the stenosis part of the plaque was defined as -1.5 to 4.5 mm. The upstream part was < -1.5 mm and the downstream part as >4.5 mm of the endarterectomy. CCA—common carotid artery.</p

Characteristics of the patients with symptomatic carotid plaques in the clinical substudy (n = 37).

<p>Characteristics of the patients with symptomatic carotid plaques in the clinical substudy (n = 37).</p

Correlation between cadmium levels in blood and atherosclerotic plaques (endarterectomies).

<p>Scatterplot of cadmium concentrations in blood in relation to those in carotid endarterectomies by g of dry and wet weight (n = 35).</p

Autoantibodies to the apoB-100 peptides p45 and p210 in 64-year-old women with diabetes, impaired (IGT) and normal (NGT) glucose tolerance.

<p>Ab, antibodies; Values given as absorbance units at 405 nm; Values are median (IQR).</p><p>Autoantibodies to the apoB-100 peptides p45 and p210 in 64-year-old women with diabetes, impaired (IGT) and normal (NGT) glucose tolerance.</p

Autoantibodies to the apoB-100 peptides p45 and p210 in 64-year-old women in relation to occurrence of atherosclerotic plaques in the carotid arteries.

<p>Ab, antibodies; Values given as absorbance units at 405 nm; Values are median (IQR)</p><p>**<i>P</i> = 0.009</p><p>Autoantibodies to the apoB-100 peptides p45 and p210 in 64-year-old women in relation to occurrence of atherosclerotic plaques in the carotid arteries.</p

Relation between IgM MDA-p210 autoantibody levels and presence of carotid plaques.

<p>The figure shows the proportion of 64-year-old women with prevalent atherosclerotic plaques in the carotid arteries in each tertile of serum concentrations of IgM MDA-p210 autoantibodies. Chi-square test was used for comparison between groups. Abs units, absorbance units at 405 nm.</p

Characteristics of 64-year old women in relation to occurrence of plaques in the carotid arteries.

<p>BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; IGT, impaired glucose tolerance.</p><p>*p<0.05</p><p>**p<0.01</p><p>***p<0.001</p><p>Characteristics of 64-year old women in relation to occurrence of plaques in the carotid arteries.</p

Mean values (SEM) of oxLDL, MMP9, ICAM1 and MCP1 determined before clamping (1), during clamping (5) and 15 minutes after declamping (9)

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Relationships between free radical levels during carotid endarterectomy and markers of arteriosclerotic disease"</p><p></p><p>International Journal of Medical Sciences 2007;4(3):124-130.</p><p>Published online 14 Apr 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC1868659.</p><p>© Ivyspring International Publisher. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Reproduction is permitted for personal, noncommercial use, provided that the article is in whole, unmodified, and properly cited.</p> Stars denote significant differences compared to preclamp values. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01

Metabolites used in prediction of incident T2D with average P-value, false discovery rate (FDR), odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) from the pairwise comparisons of the NGT and IGT groups to the T2D group.

<p>Metabolites used in prediction of incident T2D with average P-value, false discovery rate (FDR), odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) from the pairwise comparisons of the NGT and IGT groups to the T2D group.</p