CARDIOVASCULAR DETERMINANTS OF CAROTID-ARTERY DISEASE - THE ROTTERDAM ELDERLY STUDY

被引:157
作者
BOTS, ML
BRESLAU, PJ
BRIET, E
DEBRUYN, AM
VANVLIET, HHDM
VANDENOUWELAND, FA
DEJONG, PTVM
HOFMAN, A
GROBBEE, DE
机构
[1] ERASMUS UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT EPIDEMIOL & BIOSTAT, POB 1738, 3000 DR ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
[2] RODE KRUIS HOSP, DEPT VASC SURG, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
[3] ACAD HOSP, DEPT HEMATOL & THROMBOSIS, LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS
[4] ACAD HOSP, DEPT HEMATOL, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
[5] OOGZIEKENHUIS, DEPT OPHTHALMOL, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
关键词
CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; AGED; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; HEMOSTASIS;
D O I
10.1161/01.HYP.19.6.717
中图分类号
R6 [外科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100210 ;
摘要
The objective of the present study was to assess the prevalence of moderate and severe stenosis of the right carotid artery in the elderly and its associations with smoking, blood pressure, serum lipid levels, and hemostatic factors. The Rotterdam Elderly Study is a recently started single-center prospective follow-up study of a cohort of 11,854 elderly people aged 55 years or more. In 1990, 954 participants of the Rotterdam Elderly Study underwent ultrasonic duplex examination of the right internal carotid artery. A reduction of the lumen diameter of 16-49% was found in 29 people (3.0%). Severe stenosis (50% or more) was observed in 13 people (1.4%). With differences in age, sex, and body mass index taken into account, subjects with moderate-to-severe carotid artery disease had, compared with participants without stenosis, lower mean high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels (mean difference, 0.10 mmol/l; 95% confidence interval, 0, 0.20) and higher mean fibrinogen levels (difference, 0.24 g/l; 0.04, 0.45). Among them were more people with hypertension (mean difference, 16%) and more current smokers (mean difference, 13%). Factor VIIc and factor VIIIc activity was higher in subjects with carotid artery disease, without, however, reaching statistical significance (mean difference, 0.06 IU/ml [-0.01, 0.121 and 0.21 IU/ml [-0.05, 0.47], respectively). Our data suggest that hypertension, smoking, and reduced serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, combined with unfavorable increases in hemostatic factors, may be related to carotid artery disease in the elderly.
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页数:4
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