title: Bone mineral density is not related to angiographically diagnosed coronary artery disease.
abstract: Based on data, there may exist an association between low bone mineral density (BMD) and atherosclerosis. This study aimed to investigate the association between BMD and coronary artery disease (CAD). In this study the possible association of BMD with CAD in 65 men with CAD and in 49 men with normal angiography as well as in 51 women with CAD and in 51 normal women was investigated. Both spinal and femoral BMD values for men were higher than those of women (P<0.05). Neither femoral nor spinal BMD values were different in patients with or without CAD. In addition, BMD values were not associated with the severity of CAD. Body mass index (BMI) was positively correlated with BMD both in men and women, whereas age and anti-diabetic treatment were linked with lower BMD in women. In conclusion, in this study CAD was not related to low BMD. However, BMI was an independent predictor of diminished BMD.
authors.affiliation: The Persian Gulf Nuclear Medicine, Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr 3631, Iran. assadipoya@yahoo.com, asadi@bpums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Dariush
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Iranpour
authors.forename: Mohammadreza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pourbehi
authors.forename: Marzieh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Afroozandeh
authors.forename: Nafiseh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Davoodi
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bidel-Khoshbakht
authors.forename: Iraj
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nabipour
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Javadi
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seyedabadi
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Assadi
mesh_terms: D015519:Bone Density; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged