Ascending Aortic Calcification as a Potential Predictor for Low Bone Mineral Density: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Clinical parameters by each classification score.

	+2 (n = 28)	+1 (n = 24)	0 (n = 39)	value
Gender: male/female	8/20	4/20	5/34	0.11
Age (years)	87 (82–92)	88.5 (82.5–93)	88 (80–92)	0.72
BMI	18.7 (17.3–20.5)	20.3 (17.8–21.9)	21.1 (18.6–23.6)	0.01
ASA-PS				0.22
2	13	13	24
3	15	11	15
Type of fracture				0.07
Neck	11	14	24
Trochanteric	17	10	15
DM +/−	6/22	2/22	5/34	0.35
HT +/−	21/7	14/10	23/16	0.17
Electrocardiogram	(n = 23)	(n = 26)	(n = 30)
EF	65.5 (62–69)	65 (61.2–67)	63 (60–65)	0.07
AS +/−	4/19	6/14	2/28	0.22
AR +/−	17/6	17/3	22/8	0.96

AR: aortic regurgitation, AS: aortic stenosis, ASA-PS: American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status, BMI: body mass index, DM: diabetes mellitus, EF: ejection fraction, HT: hypertension, n: number of patients. +2 group vs. 0 group. Pearson’s chi-square and Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used.