The relationship of carotid three-dimensional ultrasound vessel wall volume with age and sex: comparison to carotid intima-media thickness
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-12-2012
Journal
Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
Volume
38
Issue
7
First Page
1145
Last Page
1153
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.02.013
Abstract
The relationship of three-dimensional ultrasound (3DUS)-derived carotid vessel wall volume (VWV) was evaluated with respect to age and sex. B-mode and 3DUS images were acquired for 316 subjects from diverse groups including obese primary prevention, diabetic nephropathy, renal transplant and rheumatoid arthritis populations. The relationship for intima-media thickness (IMT) and VWV with age and sex were determined using Pearson-product-moment correlations. Mean IMT (r = 0.18, p = 0.001) and VWV (r = 0.24, p < 0.01) correlated modestly with age. There were modest correlations in males (IMT, r = 0.19, p = 0.003; VWV, r = 0.34, p < 0.001) and in females for IMT and age (r = 0.30, p = 0.007) but not between 3DUS VWV and age in females (r = 0.10, p = 0.4). Significant associations between plaque and VWV (r = 0.36, p = 0.001) but not IMT suggest different correlations in females that may be attributed to plaque.
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Notes
This is an author accepted manuscript of an article initially published by Elsevier in Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. The final published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.02.013