Open AccessIncreased carotid artery intima‐media thickness in patients with tympanosclerosis: Common risk factors with atherosclerosis?
Author(s) -
Doluoglu Sumeyra,
Gocer Celil,
Toprak Ugur,
Iriz Ayse,
Uyar Melek,
Eryilmaz Adil
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/j.kjms.2015.01.003
Subject(s) - tympanosclerosis , medicine , triglyceride , homocysteine , intima media thickness , gastroenterology , risk factor , cholesterol , high density lipoprotein , cardiology , carotid arteries , surgery , middle ear
We investigated the relationship between tympanosclerosis, known atherosclerotic risk factors, and the intima‐media thickness of bilateral carotid arteries using ultrasonography. A total of 122 patients admitted to our clinic with chronic otitis media between 2005 and 2010 were included in the study. The study group consisted of 61 patients with tympanosclerosis; the control group comprised 61 patients without tympanosclerosis. Internal carotid artery intima‐media thickness (CAIMT), total cholesterol, triglyceride, low‐ and high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, C‐reactive protein, and homocysteine levels were measured in all patients. Homocysteine, low‐density lipoprotein, total cholesterol, and triglyceride levels in the study group were higher compared with those of the control group ( p < 0.05). Right and left CAIMT was greater in the study group versus the control group ( p ≤ 0.001). In conclusion, atherosclerosis and tympanosclerosis were associated with identical risk factors; in the tympanosclerosis group, CAIMT was increased significantly.