Relationship between breast arterial calcifications detected on mammography and brachial artery intima-media thickness
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Tarih
2013
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Springer Wien
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Although breast arterial calcification (BAC) was shown to be related with coronary artery disease (CAD), hypertension (HT), diabetes mellitus (DM) and carotid intima-media thickness (C-IMT), but the association between BAC and brachial intima-media thickness (B-IMT) has not been evaluated yet. Our aim was to investigate whether associations existed between BAC and measure B-IMT and atherosclerosis (AS) by comparing these patients with healthy control subjects. A Total of 75 patients were included in the study. Subjects with or without BAC were assigned into one of two groups and those with a BAC were graded. Main brachial artery IMT was measured. When the effect of age was partialled out statistically, we found a statistically significant difference in mean B-IMT between BAC (+) (0.54 +/- 0.09) and BAC (-) (0.45 +/- 0.08) groups (p = 0.001) after the groups were adjusted for age. In conclusion, even though the relationship between B-IMT and BAC was significant, like the relationship between C-IMT and BAC, significant age difference between BAC (+) and BAC (-) groups and no significant relationship between BAC and time after menopause, after adjustment for age, suggest a strong association between BAC and age rather than AS. This can be elucidated by pathological correlation studies in larger series of subjects.
Açıklama
WOS: 000316251500006
PubMed: 23354491
PubMed: 23354491
Anahtar Kelimeler
Breast arterial calcification, Intima-media thickness, Brachial artery
Kaynak
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift
WoS Q Değeri
Q3
Scopus Q Değeri
Q2
Cilt
125
Sayı
03.Apr
