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Volume 7, Issue 3-4, September 2013, Pages 118 - 118

P1.31 A COMPARISON OF THE POPLITEAL AND CAROTID ARTERIES IN YOUNG AND OLDER CAUCASIAN MEN AND WOMEN

Authors
J.M. Van Rooyen, L.J. Kotzee, R. Kruger, C.M.C. Mels, A. Burger
Hypertension in Africa Research Team, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Available Online 11 November 2013.
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10.1016/j.artres.2013.10.060How to use a DOI?
Abstract

Objectives: The popliteal artery resemble the carotid artery in structure and function1. The aim of this study was to determine whether the popliteal artery resemble the carotid artery in structure and function in young and older Caucasian men and women.

Methods: Hundred and twenty Caucasian men and women were equally divided into four groups according to age (20–30; 40–60 years). A general health questionnaire were completed by the participants. Cardiovascular and anthropometric measurements were executed which included blood pressure, carotid femoral PWV (Complior SP Acquisition system) as well as popliteal and carotid IMT (Vivid E9, GE).

Results and conclusion: We observed an inverse association (r=−0.60; P=0.001) between popliteal IMT and c-fPWV in young men after adjusted for age, BMI and smoking with no association found in older men, young and older women. We also encountered a positive association between the carotid IMT and popliteal IMT (r=0.44; P=0.02) only in young women. Mean CSWA of the carotid artery differed significantly from the popliteal CSWA amongst the men (2.31 cm2 vs. 1.91 cm2; P=0.001) and the younger women (1.71 cm2 vs. 1.47 cm2; P=0.048). We concluded that popliteal and carotid arteries, in young and older Caucasian men and women, do not exhibit similar structural or functional properties.

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1.R Debasso, H Åstrand, N Bjarnegård, ÅR Ahlgren, T Sandgren, and T Länne, The popliteal artery, an unusual muscular artery with wall properties similar to the aorta: Implications for susceptibility to aneurysm formation, J of Vasc Surg, Vol. 39, No. 4, 2004, pp. 836-842.
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118 - 118
Publication Date
2013/11/11
ISSN (Online)
1876-4401
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1872-9312
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