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© 1992 Oxford University Press

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Age-associated Changes in Mesenteric Arteries

M. BALSITIS, E. MACDONALD, A. MCDONALD, I. DAVIDSON, J. D. FULTON, P. J. W. SCOTT, R. WADSWORTH and M. WILKINSON

Department of Pathology, University Hospital Nottingham NG7 2UH
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Stobhill General Hospital Glasgow G21 3UW
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XW

Address correspondence to Dr Elizabeth MacDonald

Vascular disease increases in incidence with age and is the commonest cause of morbidity and mortality among elderly people. Hypertension is associated with hypertrophy of the arterial media. This study was designed to investigate changes in arterial structure that may occur with age independent of blood pressure. Collapsed sections of human mesenteric arteries (external diameter 2–3 mm) were measured using a semi-automatic image analysis system. There was a nonlinear increase in both the wall/lumen area ratio and the relative intimal area with age. There were no significant relationships between blood pressure and either the wall/lumen ratio or the relative intimal area.

Received January 10, 1992;
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