title: The relationship between bone mineral density and arterial stiffness in women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between bone mineral density (BMD) and arterial stiffness as a preclinical atherosclerosis criterion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Carotid and femoral artery Doppler ultrasonography and arterial stiffness measurements were performed on 113 female patients referred for BMD measurements.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cross-sectional compliance and cross-sectional distensibility of the carotid artery were positively correlated with the BMD of the Ward's triangle, the femoral neck, and the lower femoral neck; and the Ward's triangle, respectively. A negative correlation was found between the intima-media thickness of the femoral artery and the femoral elastic modulus with the BMD of L1, L12, L13, and L23; and the BMD of L1, L3, L13, L24, L34, the femoral neck, the lower femoral neck, and Ward's triangle, respectively. The cross-sectional compliance and cross-sectional distensibility of the femoral artery were positively correlated with the BMD of the femoral neck, upper femoral neck, lower femoral neck, Ward's triangle; and the BMD of the total femur and Ward's triangle, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The arterial stiffness measurements in women are correlated with BMD, regardless of age and other demographic factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Elazığ Training and Research Hospital, Elazığ, Turkey. muratbaykara@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baykara
authors.forename: Cansu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Öztürk
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Elbüken
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000379:methods; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015519:Bone Density / Q000502:physiology*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D059168:Carotid Intima-Media Thickness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000379:methods; D059289:Vascular Stiffness / Q000502:physiology*