title: High accumulation of calcium and phosphorus in human iliac arteries.
abstract: To elucidate accumulation of minerals in human iliac arteries with aging, the content of minerals was analyzed by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry. Bilateral common, internal, and external iliac arteries of 16 men and 8 women, ranging ages from 65 to 93 yr, were examined. It was found that an extremely high accumulation of calcium and phosphorus occurred in the common iliac artery at old age, being higher than that of the internal and external iliac arteries. It should be noted that the accumulation of calcium and phosphorus is the highest in the common iliac artery among the human arteries examined to date. Regarding sexual differences, the content of calcium and phosphorus in the common and internal iliac arteries was higher in women than in men, whereas their content in the external iliac artery was lower in women than in men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tohno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tohno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moriwake
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Utsumi
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okazaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000378:metabolism*; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D010758:Phosphorus; D002118:Calcium