Tzu-Wei Wu1, Chung-Lieh Hung2, Chun-Chieh Liu2, Yih-Jer Wu1,2,3, Li-Yu Wang1,3, Hung-I Yeh1,2,3. 1. Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College. 2. Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Mackay Medical College. 3. Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Mackay Medical College.
Abstract
AIMS: Elevated carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) is a preclinical phenotype of atherosclerotic diseases. There are significant sex differences in the morbidities of cardiovascular diseases and their major determinants, and we explored the sex-specific effects of cardiovascular factors on cIMT by a community-based study. METHODS: We measured the cIMT and cardiovascular profiles of 1579 residents aged 40-74 years in northern Taiwan. Multivariate regression analyses were used to assess the effects and contributions of these factors on cIMT. RESULTS: Males had significantly higher mean (±SD) of cIMT than females (0.668±0.113 vs. 0.632± 0.100 nm, p＜0.0001). The common factors of the best-fit regression models in both sexes were age, BMI, and LDL-/HDL-C ratio; however, their contributions and effects were different. The partial coefficients of determination (r2) were 17.9, 5.8, and 4.1%, respectively, for males and were 27.8, 1.4, and 1.2%, respectively, for females. Test statistics showed that the regression coefficients of BMI and LDL-/HDL-C ratio of males were significantly higher than those of females. As compared with females, per 1.0 SD increases of BMI and LDL-/HDL-C in males resulted in 0.0971 (p=0.030) and 0.1177 (p=0.0087), respectively, SD increases in cIMT. There was no difference in the means of cIMT between pre- and post-menopausal women of the same age groups. CONCLUSIONS: There was a significant sex difference in cIMT. The contributions and effects of LDL-/HDL-C ratio and BMI on cIMT were more profound in males. Our findings indicate that sex-specific factors, but possibly not menstrual status-related factors, contribute to thicker cIMT.
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