1. High Agatston Calcium Score of Intracranial Carotid Artery
- Author
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Kao, Hung-Wen, Liou, Michelle, Chung, Hsiao-Wen, Liu, Hua-Shan, Tsai, Ping-Huei, Chiang, Shih-Wei, Chou, Ming-Chung, Peng, Giia-Sheun, Huang, Guo-Shu, Hsu, Hsian-He, and Chen, Cheng-Yu
- Subjects
Adult ,Aged, 80 and over ,Carotid Artery Diseases ,Male ,Observational Study ,Calcinosis ,Middle Aged ,Severity of Illness Index ,Risk Factors ,cardiovascular system ,Humans ,Female ,Prospective Studies ,Cognition Disorders ,Carotid Artery, Internal ,Research Article ,Aged - Abstract
The effect of intracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) calcification on cognitive impairment is uncertain. Our objective was to investigate whether intracranial ICA calcification is a significant cognitive predictor for cognitive impairment. Global cognition and degrees of intracranial ICA calcification of 579 subjects were assessed with Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Agatston calcium scoring method, respectively. Other risk factors for cognitive impairment, including age, education level, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking, hyperlipidemia, and body mass index, were documented and analyzed for their associations with cognitive function. In univariate analyses, older age, lower education level, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and higher intracranial ICA Agatston scores were significantly associated with cognitive impairment. In ordinal logistic regression, only age and total intracranial ICA Agatston score were significant risk factors for cognitive impairment. After adjustment for the other documented risk factors, subjects were 7% (95% CI: 5–10; P
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- 2015