Characteristics of Rheoencephalography and some associated factors on menopausal women
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18 dic 2022
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Publicado en línea: 18 dic 2022
Páginas: 78 - 87
Recibido: 03 ago 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/joeb-2022-0012
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© 2022 Tin Hoang Nguyen, Kien Trung Nguyen, Long Duc Tran, An Thi Thuy Le, Thu Minh Phung, Truc Thi Ngoc Banh, Trang Thi Vo, Michael Bodo, published by Sciendo
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Fig.1
![Typical REG curve of a healthy (normal) and a sclerotic person. Note the difference in the peak time of REG curves for normal patients (92 milliseconds) and sclerotic patients (256 milliseconds). This difference has pathological meaning, independent of heart rate [18].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/64721eaa215d2f6c89dbc97b/j_joeb-2022-0012_fig_001.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250917%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250917T155319Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=9b61881b153293709ef83ed9d7eb30a66ee1124c2ce8594006366e6549b12cb6&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Fig.2
![Diagrammatic presentation of compiled data on time (in seconds) between the onset of a phase and highest (first) peak, averaged from 100 phases of each patient (Pt) of 178 normal (Norm) subjects and 246 patients with proven cerebral arteriosclerosis (Ascl). All of which had been submitted to carotid arteriography. Unit of the Y-axis is the incidence or case number (frequency) [38].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/64721eaa215d2f6c89dbc97b/j_joeb-2022-0012_fig_002.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250917%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250917T155319Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=5b7c18abab2f99c42d617a1ca1687244716dae6382eedf19c630d0c9cfaa80ee&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Fig.3

Characteristics of REG in each hemisphere of the brain in the group of menopausal and menstruating women
Characteristics | Right hemisphere | Left hemisphere | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Menopause (n=80) | Menstruation (n=46) | p | Menopause (n=80) | Menstruation (n=46) | p | |||
Waveshape | Peak wave | Sharp | 21 (26.2%) | 23 (50.0%) | 0.001* | 23 (28.8%) | 24 (52.2%) | 0.004* |
Obtuse | 39 (48.8%) | 22 (47.8%) | 42 (52.5%) | 21 (45.7%) | ||||
Domed | 20 (25.0%) | 1 (2.2%) | 15 (18.7%) | 1 (2.1%) | ||||
Subwave | Clear | 11 (13.8%) | 20 (43.5%) | <0.001* | 13 (16.2%) | 21 (45.6%) | <0.001* | |
Blurred | 45 (56.2%) | 25 (54.3%) | 47 (58.8%) | 24 (52.2%) | ||||
Absent | 24 (30.0%) | 1 (2.2%) | 20 (25.0%) | 1 (2.2%) | ||||
REG Parameters | Peak time (ms) | 212.19 |
192.11 |
0.001** | 211.64 |
186.43 |
<0.001** | |
Peak width (ms) | 74.89 |
89.89 |
<0.001** | 75.31 |
88.54 |
<0.001** | ||
Conduction time (ms) | 112.48 |
124.65 |
<0.001** | 111.43 |
123.89 |
<0.001** | ||
Elasticity Index alpha/T (%) | 28.36 |
25.70 |
<0.001** | 28.26 |
25.51 |
<0.001** | ||
Slope ratio (‰/second) | 8.61 |
11.77<0.001** | 9.33 |
12.53 |
<0.001** | |||
ABF (%/minute) | 19.47 |
23.17 |
0.001** | 20.85 |
24.89 |
0.002** | ||
Impedance ratio (‰) | 0.91 |
0.96 |
0.309** | 0.98 |
1.01 |
0.449** | ||
Disorders | Increased vascular resistance (%) | 67.5 | 30.4 | <0.001* | 65.0 | 28.3 | <0.001* | |
Decreased intensity of blood flow (%) | 16.2 | 8.7 | >0.05* | 13.8 | 4.3 | >0.05* |
Characteristics of menopausal women
Characteristics Number | (n = 80) | Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|
<50 | 9 | 11.25 |
50 – 60 | 34 | 42.5 |
>60 | 37 | 46.25 |
<45 | 6 | 7.5 |
45-50 | 44 | 55 |
>50 | 30 | 37.5 |
<5 | 30 | 37.5 |
5 – 10 | 18 | 22.5 |
10 – 20 | 21 | 26.25 |
>20 | 11 | 13.75 |
<18.5 (skinny) | 1 | 0.8 |
18.5 – 22.9 (normal) | 21 | 16.7 |
23 – 24.9 (overweight) | 20 | 15.9 |
≥25 (obese) | 38 | 30.2 |
Central obese | 70 | 87.5 |
Some factors related to abnormalities in REG
Characteristics | Right hemisphere | Left hemisphere | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Increased vascular resistance | p | Decreased intensity of blood flow | p | Increased vascular resistance | p | Decreased intensity of blood flow | p | ||
Age (years) | <50 | 77.8 | 0.058 | 33.3 | 0.122 | 77.8 | 0.004 | 44.4 | 0.016 |
50-60 | 79.4 | 20.6 | 82.4 | 11.8 | |||||
>60 | 54.1 | 8.1 | 45.9 | 8.1 | |||||
Time of menopause (years) | <5 | 83.3 | 0.131 | 20.0 | 0.463 | 83.3 | 0.020 | 16.7 | 0.463 |
5-10 | 61.1 | 16.7 | 66.7 | 11.1 | |||||
10-20 | 57.1 | 19.0 | 52.4 | 19.0 | |||||
>20 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 36.4 | 0.0 | |||||
Protein eating habit | Vegan | 75.0 | 0.206 | 0.0 | 0.057 | 50.0 | 0.046 | 0.0 | 0.084 |
Red meat | 81.8 | 31.8 | 86.4 | 27.3 | |||||
White meat | 61.1 | 11.1 | 57.4 | 9.3 | |||||
History of hypertension (JNC 7) | Grade II | 73.3 | 0.802 | 16.7 | 0.997 | 70.0 | 0.521 | 10.0 | 0.578 |
Grade I | 64.3 | 14.3 | 57.1 | 7.1 | |||||
Pre-hypertension | 66.7 | 16.7 | 70.8 | 20.8 | |||||
Normal | 58.3 | 16.7 | 50.0 | 16.7 | |||||
History of diabetes | Type 2 diabetes | 64.3 | 0.777 | 7.1 | 0.309 | 50 | 0.195 | 7.1 | 0.429 |
Normal | 68.2 | 18.2 | 68.2 | 15.2 | |||||
History of dyslipidemia | Dyslipidemia | 73.3 | 0.388 | 16.7 | 0.938 | 66.7 | 0.809 | 13.3 | 0.933 |
Normal | 64.0 | 16.0 | 64.0 | 14.0 | |||||
BMI | Obese | 65.8 | 0.335 | 13.2 | 0.144 | 65.8 | 0.378 | 10.5 | 0.238 |
Overweight | 80.0 | 30.0 | 75.0 | 25.0 | |||||
Skinny or normal | 59.1 | 9.1 | 54.5 | 9.1 | |||||
Central obesity | Likely to have | 71.4 | 0.047* | 17.1 | 0.567 | 70.0 | 0.013** | 85.7 | 0.713 |
Not to have | 40.0 | 10.0 | 30.0 | 90.0 |