Abstract：
The origin of brain white matter lesion found in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (HAM/TSP) remains undefined. We investigated the association between white matter lesions in HAM/TSP with cardiovascular risk factors. The group of 40 patients with HAM/TSP included 60% females and mean age of 58.6 ± 8 years old. The probability of 10-year cardiovascular disease was low in 53%, moderate in 38%, and high in 10% of the patients. There was no difference between the cardiovascular risk factors in HAM/TSP patients with and without brain lesions (p > 0.05). Our data suggest that the brain white matter abnormalities are not associated to increased cardiovascular risk in HAM/TSP.
摘要：
在HTLV-1相关脊髓病（HAM/TSP）中发现的脑白质病变的起源仍未定义。我们调查了HAM/TSP中白质病变与心血管危险因素之间的关系。40例HAM/TSP患者包括60％的女性，平均年龄为58.6±8岁。10年心血管疾病的可能性很低，为53%，中等在38%，在10％的患者中很高。HAM/TSP患者有无脑损害的心血管危险因素之间无差异（p>0.05）。我们的数据表明，脑白质异常与HAM/TSP的心血管风险增加无关。
