Dergiler / Cumhuriyet Tıp Dergisi (ELEKTRONİK) / 2015 / Cilt: 37 - Sayı: 3
Investigation of the relationship between Abdominal Aortic Calcified Plaques deter- mined by multidetector computed tomogra- phy (MDCT) and Body Mass Index (BMI)
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- 206–212
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Özet
Amaç: Bu çalışmada, multidedektörlü BT (MDBT) ile ölçülmüş abdominal aort aterosklerozu vevücut kitle indeksi arasında olası ilişki araştırıldı.Yöntem: Çalışmamız kliniğimizde temmuz 2013 ve ocak 2014 tarihleri arasında kontrassızabdominal BT çekilen 228 kişiyi içermektedir. BT aksiyel kesitlerde çöliyak trunkus ve iliakbifurkasyon arasında abdominal aort kalsifik plaklarının kalsiyum skorları (AaCs) Agatston üniti(a.u) olarak ölçüldü Tüm hastalarımızın abdominal BT çekim sonrasında, boy (İnsan baskülü,NAN TARTI AŞ, Türkiye) ve kiloları (TANITA Body Composition Analyzer, TANITACorporation, Japan) ölçüldü. Vücut kitle indeksleri hesaplandı. BMIi 25 kilogram (kg)/metrekare(m2) nin altında olanlar (BMI
Abstract
Objective: Potential correlation between abdominal aortic atherosclerosis measured bymultidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and body mass index (BMI) is investigated in thispresented study.Method: The presented study includes 228 patients between July 2013 and January 2014 in ourclinic. Calcium scores of abdominal aortic calcified plaques (AaCs) between celiac trunk and iliacbifurcation in axial sections were measured as Agatston units (AU.). Following the abdominalcomputed tomography (CT) scans, all patient s heights and weights were obtained from medicalreports. Their body mass indexes (BMI) were calculated by dividing these two variables. Patientswere then grouped according to World Health Organization Expert Committee on Physical Status.BMIs under 25 kg/m2were categorized as normal weighted group (Group 1), BMIs between 25 - 29.9 kg/m2were grouped as overweighted (Group 2), and BMIs equal or over 30 kg/m2wereaccepted as obese group (Group 3).Results: Mean BMIs -AaCs in Group 1, 2, and 3 were found to be 22.3 ±1.6 -254 ±597 AU,27.4 ±1.4 -244.5 ±496.7 AU, 33.4 ±2.6 -368.2 ±604.5 AU, respectively.Conclusions: According to correlation analysis, no significant correlation was observed betweenBMI and AaCs in these subgroups.