| Relationship between breast arterial calcifications detected on mammography and brachial artery intima-media thickness. | |
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PMID: 23354491 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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PURPOSE: 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. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSIONS: 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. |
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Besir Erdogmus; Ramazan Buyukkaya; Ayla Buyukkaya; Burhan Yazıcı |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2013-1-26 |
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Title: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift Volume: - ISSN: 1613-7671 ISO Abbreviation: Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
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Created Date: 2013-1-28 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 21620870R Medline TA: Wien Klin Wochenschr Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey, besirerdogmus@yahoo.com. |
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Beziehung zwischen durch Mammographie entdeckten arteriellen Verkalkungen der Brust und der Intima-Media-Dicke der Arteria brachialis. |
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