Sex Differences in Early Carotid Atherosclerosis (from the Community-Based Gutenberg-Heart Study)

The objectives of this study were to describe gender differences in intima-media thickness (IMT) in a community-based population study and to define normal IMT values for healthy men and women. In total, 4,814 participants (aged 35 to 74 years; 2,433 men, 2,381 women) from the Gutenberg-Heart Study...

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Hauptverfasser: Sinning, Christoph, MD, Wild, Philip S., MD, Echevarria, Francisco M. Ojeda, PhD, Wilde, Sandra, BA, Schnabel, Renate, MD, Lubos, Edith, MD, Herkenhoff, Stephanie, Bickel, Christoph, MD, Klimpe, Sven, MD, Gori, Tommaso, MD, PhD, Münzel, Thomas F., MD, Blankenberg, Stefan, MD, Espinola-Klein, Christine, MD
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description The objectives of this study were to describe gender differences in intima-media thickness (IMT) in a community-based population study and to define normal IMT values for healthy men and women. In total, 4,814 participants (aged 35 to 74 years; 2,433 men, 2,381 women) from the Gutenberg-Heart Study (GHS) were included. IMT was measured at both common carotid arteries using an edge detection system. Median IMT was 0.62 mm (25th percentile 0.55, 75th percentile 0.70) in women and 0.65 mm (25th percentile 0.57, 75th percentile 0.75) in men and was significantly associated with age (p 95th percentile was defined as abnormal. In this subgroup, gender differences in IMT became nonsignificant at older ages. At the age of 35 years, IMT was 0.71 mm in men and 0.61 mm in women at the 95th percentile. In comparison, at the age of 74 years, IMT at the 95th percentile was 0.90 mm in men and 0.89 mm in women. In conclusion, men had higher carotid IMT than women, but predictors of early carotid atherosclerosis were similar across genders. In young subjects without cardiovascular risk factors, normal values for IMT were lower in women compared with men. In contrast, in older subjects, gender differences in IMT became nonsignificant.
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