Association between ear creases and peripheral arterial disease
Clinics
; 65(12): 1325-1327, 2010. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Peripheral arterial disease is a severe manifestation of atherosclerosis that can lead to critical ischemia of the lower limbs and is also associated with high cardiovascular risk. Diagonal lobular and anterior tragal ear creases have been associated with coronary artery disease, but they have not yet been investigated in patients with peripheral arterial disease.OBJECTIVES:
To evaluate the prevalence of ear creases among patients with peripheral arterial disease of the lower limbs, compared with patients without documented atherosclerotic disease.METHODS:
Cross-sectional study including 60 male patients with peripheral arterial disease of the lower limbs and 60 dermatologic outpatients matched for age and gender. The associations were adjusted for other risk factors by conditional logistic regression.RESULTS:
The prevalence of diagonal and anterior tragal ear creases was higher among cases (73 percent vs. 25 percent and 80 percent vs. 43 percent, respectively) than controls; these associations remained significant even when adjusting for other known risk factors of atherosclerosis (odds ratio = 8.1 and 4.1, respectively).CONCLUSIONS:
Ear creases are independently associated with peripheral arterial disease and may be an external marker for risk identification.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Extremidade Inferior
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Orelha Externa
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Doença Arterial Periférica
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clinics
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil