Sex-specific anatomical variation of circle of Willis arteries

•Circle of Willis (CoW) artery diameters are larger in men compared to women.•CoW anatomical variants differ between men and women.•CoW bifurcation angles are comparable between men and women. Anatomical variations in the circle of Willis (CoW) arteries are common and can affect hemodynamic stress,...

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Published in:	NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 307; p. 121035
Main Authors:	Groenheide, Phebe J., Vos, Iris N., Bülow, Robin, van der Schaaf, Irene C., Velthuis, Birgitta K., Ruigrok, Ynte M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 15.02.2025 Elsevier Limited Elsevier
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Anatomic Variation Anatomical variant Angiography Aplasia Arteries Bifurcation angle Circle of Willis Circle of Willis - anatomy & histology Circle of Willis - diagnostic imaging Classification Female Fetuses Generalized linear models Humans Hypoplasia Magnetic Resonance Angiography - methods Male Middle Aged MR angiography Pathology Population studies Radiology/Diagnostic Imaging Regression analysis Semi-automatic measurement Sex Characteristics Sex difference Sex differences Sexes Variation Veins & arteries Women Young Adult Germany Circle of Willis GLM CoW Bifurcation angle Pcom FDR F-PCA IA SHIP ACA VBJ ICA MCA TOF VA Sex difference DVA PCA Semi-automatic measurement MR angiography Anatomical variant AVM MRA Acom BA arteriovenous malformation basilar artery posterior communicating artery anterior cerebral arteries vertebrobasilar junction Generalized Linear Model intracranial aneurysm internal carotid artery Time-of-Flight false discovery rate vertebral artery posterior cerebral artery Magnetic Resonance Angiography fetal-type posterior cerebral artery developmental venous anomaly Study of Health in Pomerania middle cerebral artery anterior communicating artery
ISSN:	1053-8119, 1095-9572, 1095-9572
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