Risk factors and the anatomic distribution of coronary artery disease
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- H. William Gruchow, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Differences in the importance of risk factors according to the anatomic location of coronary artery disease (CAD) were assessed in 4722 men and 1069 women who underwent arteriography. Examined characteristics included total and high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol, triglycerides, obesity, smoking. Alcohol consumption, diabetes, and hypertension. Of these risk factors, the ratio of total to HDL-cholesterol showed the highest correlation with the overall severity of CAD (r = 0.24, men; r = 0.38, women); in contrast, its relation to left main (LM) disease was much lower (r =0.10, men; r = 0.08 women) than were correlations with stenotic disease in the left anterior descending, circumflex, and right coronary arteries. Other risk factors also showed weaker associations with LM disease than with stenoses in other vessels, and none was related to increased LM disease after controlling for disease in other vessels. For example, as compared with men who had no significant CAD, those with 1-, 2-, and 3-vessel disease had mean increases in total cholesterol of 12, 18, and 19 mg/dl, respectively. In contrast, after adjusting for disease in other vessels, LM disease (present in 293 men) was associated with only a 4 mg/dl increase in mean cholesterol levels (P = 0.20). These results indicate that the relation of risk factors to CAD differs according to the location of the stenotic disease, and that LM disease is poorly predicted by the standard risk factors.
Risk factors and the anatomic distribution of coronary artery disease
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Atherosclerosis 75:227-236, 1989.
- Language: English
- Date: 1989
- Keywords
- Arteriography, Coronary artery disease, Lipids, Cigarette smoking, Left main disease