Relationship between sex hormones, uric acid and coronary heart disease in elderly women
- VernacularTitle:性激素、血尿酸与老年女性冠心病关系的研究
- Author:
Yu LIU
;
Weifeng SHEN
;
Jiansheng ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Uric acid;
Sex hormones;
Coronary heart disease;
Female
- From:
Journal of Interventional Radiology
2003;0(S1):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the relationship between sex hormones and uric acid in elderly women with coronary heart disease. Methods One handred and fifteen post menopausal female patients were divided into two groups by angiographic results, CAD group (n=61)and control group(n=76).Their serum concentrations of sex hormones and uric acid and general characteristics were compared. Results Baseline clinical characteristics were similar between the two groups,except patients in the CAD group were more likely to have hypertention and diabetes mellitus than the control group .Serum concentrations of estradiol and progestin and androgen showed little difference between CAD and control group,meanwhile, serum uric acid was higher(345.6?96.5 vs 307.9?85.5, P
