Relationship between cardio-ankle vascular index and cerebral atrophy in elderly hypertensive patients
WANG Xiao-bing
ZHANG Wei
TIAN Guo-xiang
ZHANG Hai-juan
Abstract：Objective To investigate the relationship between cardio-ankle vascular Index (CAVI) and the incidence of cerebral atrophy or atrophy severity in elderly patients with hypertension. Methods The patients (n=193, aged over 60) were chosen from the General Hospital of PLA Beijing Military Area Command from Jan. 2010 to Jan. 2013, and divided into test group (CAVI≥9.0, n=110) and control group (CAVI<9.0, n=83). The differences in the incidence of cerebral atrophy and atrophy severity were compared between two groups. Results Compared with control group, the incidence of cerebral atrophy was higher (27.27% vs. 18.07, P<0.05), Hartz index was higher [(60.12±5.88) mm vs. (54.21±5.14) mm, P=0.011], frontal horn index was lower [(3.34±0.35) vs. (3.61±0.29), P=0.024], lateral ventricle body index [(3.66±0.38) vs. (4.21±0.34), P=0.019] was lower, and width index of lateral ventricle body was lower [(3.39±0.28) vs. (3.65±0.35), P=0.033] in test group. Conclusion The increase of CAVI is helpful in reviewing the risk of cerebral atrophy and has some predictive value to atrophy severity in elderly patients with hypertension.
Keywords：Senile hypertensionCardio-ankle vascular indexCerebral atrophy
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 487-488 )