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KMID : 0384320130340030213
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Korean Journal of Family Medicine
2013 Volume.34 No. 3 p.213 ~ p.220
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Association of Abdominal Aortic Calcification with Lifestyle and Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease
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Kim Eung-Du
Kim Jong-Sung
Kim Sung-Soo
Jung Jin-Gyu
Yun Seok-Jun
Kim Ji-Young
Ryu Jung-Sun
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Abstract
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Background: Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) is a marker of subclinical atherosclerotic disease and an independent predictor of subsequent vascular morbidity and mortality. This study was conducted to investigate the association of AAC with lifestyle and risk factors of cardiovascular disease. Methods: The results of the abdominal computed tomography of 380 patients who visited Chungnam National University Hospital for a health checkup from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009 were reviewed. A six-point scale was used in grading the overall severity of the calcification in three areas of the abdominal aorta, including the area superior to the renal artery, the upper-half area inferior to the renal artery, and the lower-half area inferior to the renal artery, in addition to the common iliac artery. The association of the AAC severity with the age, lifestyle factors, and risk factors of cardiovascular disease was analyzed via multiple linear regression analysis. Results: In the male subjects, the age, presence of dyslipidemia and smoking were positively related to AAC, but exercising was negatively related to AAC (total R2 = 0.563). In the female subjects, the age and presence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia were positively related to AAC, but exercising was negatively related to AAC (total R2 = 0.547). Conclusion: AAC was related to both the male and female subjects’’ age, presence of dyslipidemia, and exercising, to smoking in the male subjects and to the presence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension in the female subjects.
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KEYWORD
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Aorta, Calcification, Atherosclerosis, Life Style
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