Abstract

SOLIS ALFONSO, Lesly; FERNANDEZ-BRITTO RODRIGUEZ, José Emilio  and  BACALLAO GALLESTEY, Jorge. Caracterization of the aterosclerosis-osteoporosis asociation in men and women: patient death study. Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd [online]. 2013, vol.32, n.2, pp. 213-229. ISSN 0864-0300.

Objective: characterize the association between coronary atherosclerotic lesions and osteoporosis of lumbar spine and hip in men and women. Methods: We study 79 necropsies, doing lumbar spine and hip bone densitometry, classifying bone mineral density (BMD) by T score in: normal, osteopenia and osteoporosis. Then we carry out morphological and morphometric characterization of the three principal coronary arteries using the atherometric system, classifying atherosclerotic lesions like: fatty streak, fibrous plaques and severe plaques. Results: The atherosclerosis-osteoporosis association show special characteristics for each sex, with significantly predominance of osteoporosis in men and osteopenia in women. After smoking adjustment, the differences between sexes were modified, finding similar BMD and atherosclerosis-osteoporosis association between smoker patients of both sexes. Conclusions: The sex interference about atherosclerosis-osteoporosis association resulting contemptible.

Keywords : coronary atherosclerosis; atherometric system; necropsy; osteoporosis; densitometry.

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