Publication Name	World Journal of Diabetes
Manuscript ID	112631
Country	Austria

Category	Medicine, General & Internal
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Early predictors of carotid atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Alexander E Berezin
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Corresponding Author	Alexander E Berezin, FACC, FESC, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine-II, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, 21 Strubergasse, Salzburg 5020, Austria. aeberezin@gmail.com
Key Words	Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Carotid plaque; Intima-media thickness; Serum uric acid; Urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio; Risk factors
Core Tip	The integration of routinely used biomarkers of kidney dysfunction (urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio) and metabolic abnormality (serum uric acid, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) to predictive model may be practically useful to pre-screen the patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at higher risk of carotid atherosclerotic plaque.
Citation	Berezin AE. Early predictors of carotid atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. World J Diabetes 2025; In press

Received	2025-08-04 00:40
Peer-Review Started	2025-08-05 00:11
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Return for Revision	2025-08-14 07:05
Revised	2025-08-18 20:26
Second Decision	2025-09-03 02:46
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2025-09-03 08:29
Articles in Press	2025-09-03 08:29
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ISSN	1948-9358 (online)
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