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KMID : 0978920050060020201
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Korean Journal of Clinical Geriatrics
2005 Volume.6 No. 2 p.201 ~ p.208
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Breast Arterial Calcifications in Elderly Women : Association with Chronic Diseases
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Park Jong-Heon
Lee Shin-Seok
Ma Seong-Kwon
Kim Soo-Wan
Kim Nam-Ho
Choi Ki-Chul
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Abstract
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Background: The purposes of this study are to assess the incidence of mammographically detected breast arterial calcifications, and to evaluate the association between breast arterial calcifications and chronic medical diseases such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, obesity, osteoporosis in elderly Korean women.
Methods: The records of total 303 women who underwent mammography at a health care center from January 2004 to January 2005 were retrospectively reviewed. Their mammography, body mass index, blood pressure, plasma glucose, lipid profile, serum total calcium, and bone mineral density were precisely reviewed. Bone mineral density was examined by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. Especially, we focused on the 82 women who aged more than 60 years, and their data were analyzed according to the presence (calcification group) or absence (control group) of breast arterial calcifications.
Results: The incidence of breast arterial calcifications in the 303 subjects was 17.2%. The incidence of breast arterial calcifications showed statistically significant difference according to the age, with a higer incidence in older women (P＜0.05). Half of women who aged more than 60 years showed breast arterial calcifications. There was no significant association between the prevalences of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and breast arterial calcifications. However, we found that the prevalence of osteoporosis in the calcification group (51.2%) was significantly higher than the control group (26.8%) (P＜0.05).
Conclusion: Breast arterial calcifications on mammogram in Korean women aged more than 60 years are a reliable indicator of osteoporosis, and not associated with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, 유방동맥 석회화, 노인 여성, 만성질환yperlipidemia, obesity.
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KEYWORD
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Breast arterial calcifications, Elderly women, Chronic diseases
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