Efe, Duran Mevlana University - School of Medicine - Department of Radiology, Turkey , Acar, Türker Mevlana University - School of Medicine - Department of Radiology, Turkey , Aygün, Fatih Başkent University - Konya Medical and Research Center - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey , Yıldız, Melda Mevlana University - School of Medicine - Department of Radiology, Turkey , Gemici, Kazım Mevlana University - School of Medicine - Department of General Surgery, Turkey

Investigation of the relationship between Abdominal Aortic Calcified Plaques determined by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and Body Mass Index (BMI)

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Objective: Potential correlation between abdominal aortic atherosclerosis measured by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and body mass index (BMI) is investigated in this presented study. Method: The presented study includes 228 patients between July 2013 and January 2014 in our clinic. Calcium scores of abdominal aortic calcified plaques (AaCs) between celiac trunk and iliac bifurcation in axial sections were measured as Agatston units (AU.). Following the abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans, all patient’s heights and weights were obtained from medical reports. Their body mass indexes (BMI) were calculated by dividing these two variables. Patients were then grouped according to World Health Organization Expert Committee on Physical Status. BMIs under 25 kg/m^2 were categorized as normal weighted group (Group 1), BMIs between 25 - 29.9 kg/m^2 were grouped as overweighted (Group 2), and BMIs equal or over 30 kg/m^2 were accepted as obese group (Group 3). Results: Mean BMIs - AaCs in Group 1, 2, and 3 were found to be 22.3 ± 1.6 - 254 ± 597 AU, 27.4 ± 1.4 - 244.5 ± 496.7 AU, 33.4 ± 2.6 - 368.2 ± 604.5 AU, respectively. Conclusions: According to correlation analysis, no significant correlation was observed between BMI and AaCs in these subgroups.

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Multidedector computed tomography , body mass index , arteriosclerosis , calcification

Cumhuriyet Medical Journal

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