Relationship of abdominal aortic calcification with lumbar vertebral volumetric bone mineral density assessed by quantitative computed tomography in maintenance hemodialysis patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), which is a marker of vascular calcification, and volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) by quantitative computed tomography (QCT) in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients.

Methods

All participants underwent lumbar vertebral vBMD measurement by QCT. Eight cross-sections were extracted sequentially and analyzed by ImageJ software to obtain the ratio of the calcified area to the abdominal aortic area (the calcification ratio). The AAC score was determined by the sum of the calcification ratios. The relationship between AAC and vBMD was analyzed using multivariate logistic regression.

Results

Ninety MHD patients (58.89% male) with a mean age of 63.

SUBMITTER: Chen TY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8791896 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature