Patel V, Champ C, Andrews P S, Gostelow B E, Gunasekara N P, Davidson A R
Department of Medicine, Kettering General Hospital.
J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1992 Jul;26(3):274-7.
The association between the grade of earlobe creases and degree of atheromatous disease was investigated in 376 postmortem examinations. Each earlobe crease was individually graded from 0 to 3. The risk of atherosclerosis as a cause of death was nearly doubled in men with grade 3 creases in both earlobes, and more than trebled in women with bilateral high-grade creases. The risk of death from myocardial infarction was 2.50 in men with high-grade creases and 3.70 in women. The earlobe crease is an important sign of atheromatous disease and it may be useful to include it in the clinical examination of patients.
在376例尸检中研究了耳垂皱纹程度与动脉粥样硬化疾病程度之间的关联。每条耳垂皱纹单独从0到3级进行分级。双侧耳垂皱纹为3级的男性因动脉粥样硬化导致死亡的风险几乎翻倍,而双侧高级别皱纹的女性该风险增加了两倍多。有高级别皱纹的男性因心肌梗死死亡的风险为2.50,女性为3.70。耳垂皱纹是动脉粥样硬化疾病的一个重要体征,将其纳入患者的临床检查可能会有帮助。