Key result
Arterial stiffness measurements in women are significantly correlated with bone mineral density, including a positive correlation between femoral cross-sectional compliance and Ward's triangle BMD (r=0.386).
Why the study?
Is bone mineral density correlated with arterial stiffness in women?
Cross-Sectional (n=113)
No
Is bone mineral density correlated with arterial stiffness in women?
Effect estimate: r=0.386
p-value: p=0.001
Bone mineral density is correlated with arterial stiffness and preclinical atherosclerosis markers in women.
Supports association between arterial stiffness and BMD in women; leaves open causal and clinical implications.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between bone mineral density (BMD) and arterial stiffness as a preclinical atherosclerosis criterion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Carotid and femoral artery Doppler ultrasonography and arterial stiffness measurements were performed on 113 female patients referred for BMD measurements. RESULTS: The cross-sectional compliance and cross-sectional distensibility of the carotid artery were positively correlated with the BMD of the Ward's triangle, the femoral neck, and the lower femoral neck; and the Ward's triangle, respectively. A negative correlation was found between the intima-media thickness of the femoral artery and the femoral elastic modulus with the BMD of L1, L12, L13, and L23; and the BMD of L1, L3, L13, L24, L34, the femoral neck, the lower femoral neck, and Ward's triangle, respectively. The cross-sectional compliance and cross-sectional distensibility of the femoral artery were positively correlated with the BMD of the femoral neck, upper femoral neck, lower femoral neck, Ward's triangle; and the BMD of the total femur and Ward's triangle, respectively. CONCLUSION: The arterial stiffness measurements in women are correlated with BMD, regardless of age and other demographic factors.
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Baykara et al. (2011) conducted a cross-sectional in Osteoporosis and preclinical atherosclerosis (n=113). Bone mineral density and arterial stiffness measurements was evaluated on Correlation between femoral cross-sectional compliance and bone mineral density of Ward's triangle (r=0.386, p=0.001). Arterial stiffness measurements in women are significantly correlated with bone mineral density, including a positive correlation between femoral cross-sectional compliance and Ward's triangle BMD (r=0.386).
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