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Panprasit W, Silkosessak OCUD, Mukdeeprom P, Charoenlarp P. Sonographic assessment of carotid intima-media thickness in healthy young Thai adults. Imaging Sci Dent 2023; 53:291-302. [PMID: 38174040 PMCID: PMC10761294 DOI: 10.5624/isd.20230021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Purpose Early detection of carotid stenosis can reduce cardiovascular risk. In this study, the maximum-carotid intimamedia thickness (CIMT), the mean-CIMT, and the presence of plaque were examined in healthy young Thai adults. Additionally, correlations between CIMT and cardiovascular risk factors were assessed. Materials and Methods Left and right carotid arteries of 302 participants (15-45 years old) were scanned, with CIMT measured at the far walls of the common carotid artery, carotid bulb, and internal carotid artery. Demographics and risk factors were assessed using a questionnaire. Ten random participants were re-scanned after 4 weeks. Results The study included 123 (40.70%) male and 179 (59.30%) female participants. The max-CIMT, mean-CIMT, and plaque thickness were 0.400±0.100, 0.403±0.095 and 1.520±0.814 mm, respectively. Male participants had significantly higher CIMT values for nearly all locations and age groups. The right-sided CIMT values were higher for all locations. The carotid bulb had the greatest CIMT values (0.437±0.178 mm), followed by the common (0.403±0.095 mm) and internal (0.361±0.099 mm) carotid arteries. Plaque was present in 18 locations (1.00%), affecting 15 participants (4.97%). These plaques were found in the right carotid bulb (n=9; 0.50%), left carotid bulb (n=7; 0.39%), and right internal carotid artery (n=2; 0.11%). Adjusted multivariable regression revealed significant positive associations between CIMT and male, increased age and "other" occupation (P<0.05). Conclusion Both max-CIMT and mean-CIMT were approximately 0.4 mm. Plaque was observed in 4.97% of patients, with an average thickness of 1.5 mm. The most influential risk factors for increased CIMT were sex, age, and occupation.
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- Wariya Panprasit
- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Basiak M, Hachula M, Kosowski M, Machnik G, Maliglowka M, Dziubinska-Basiak M, Krysiak R, Okopien B. The Effect of PCSK9 Inhibition on the Stabilization of Atherosclerotic Plaque Determined by Biochemical and Diagnostic Imaging Methods. Molecules 2023; 28:5928. [PMID: 37570897 PMCID: PMC10421011 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28155928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial, progressive, chronic inflammatory disease. Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging are the most accurate predictors of atherosclerotic plaque instability (MRI). Cytokines such as osteopontin, osteoprotegerin, and metalloproteinase 9 could be used as the most recent markers to identify and track the efficacy of anti-atherosclerotic therapy. Patients with USG and MRI-verified unstable atherosclerotic plaque were included in the study. Biomarker concentrations were measured and compared before and after PCSK9 inhibitor therapy. Additionally, concentrations prior to treatment were correlated with MRI images of the carotid artery. After treatment with alirocumab, the concentrations of MMP-9 (p < 0.01) and OPN, OPG (p < 0.05) decreased significantly. Furthermore, the results of OPN, OPG, and MMP 9 varied significantly depending on the type of atherosclerotic plaque in the MRI assay. In stable atherosclerotic plaques, the concentrations of OPN and OPG were greater (p < 0.01), whereas the concentration of MMP9 correlated with the instability of the plaque (p < 0.05). We demonstrated, probably for the first time, that alirocumab therapy significantly decreased the serum concentration of atherosclerotic plaque markers. In addition, we demonstrated the relationship between the type of atherosclerotic plaque as determined by carotid MRI and the concentration of these markers.
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- Marcin Basiak
- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Silesia, Medyków 18, 40-752 Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Silesia, Medyków 18, 40-752 Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Silesia, Medyków 18, 40-752 Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Silesia, Medyków 18, 40-752 Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Silesia, Medyków 18, 40-752 Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Silesia, Medyków 18, 40-752 Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Silesia, Medyków 18, 40-752 Katowice, Poland
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Anda-Duran ID, Kolachalama VB, Carmichael OT, Hwang PH, Fernandez C, Au R, Bazzano LA, Libon DJ. Midlife Neuropsychological Profiles and Associated Vascular Risk: The Bogalusa Heart Study. J Alzheimers Dis 2023; 94:101-113. [PMID: 37212094 PMCID: PMC10443183 DOI: 10.3233/jad-220931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) often present with coexisting vascular pathology that is expressed to different degrees and can lead to clinical heterogeneity. OBJECTIVE To examine the utility of unsupervised statistical clustering approaches in identifying neuropsychological (NP) test performance subtypes that closely correlate with carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) in midlife. METHODS A hierarchical agglomerative and k-means clustering analysis based on NP scores (standardized for age, sex, and race) was conducted among 1,203 participants (age 48±5.3 years) from the Bogalusa Heart Study. Regression models assessed the association between cIMT ≥50th percentile and NP profiles, and global cognitive score (GCS) tertiles for sensitivity analysis. RESULTS Three NP profiles were identified: Mixed-low performance [16%, n = 192], scores ≥1 SD below the mean on immediate, delayed free recall, recognition verbal memory, and information processing; Average [59%, n = 704]; and Optimal [26%, n = 307] NP performance. Participants with greater cIMT were more likely to have a Mixed-low profile [OR = 3.10, 95% CI (2.13, 4.53), p < 0.001] compared to Optimal. After adjusting for education and cardiovascular (CV) risks, results remained. The association with GCS tertiles was more attenuated [lowest (34%, n = 407) versus highest (33%, n = 403) tertile: adjusted OR = 1.66, 95% CI (1.07, 2.60), p = 0.024]. CONCLUSION As early as midlife, individuals with higher subclinical atherosclerosis were more likely to be in the Mixed-low profile, underscoring the potential malignancy of CV risk as related to NP test performance, suggesting that classification approaches may aid in identifying those at risk for AD/vascular dementia spectrum illness.
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- Ileana De Anda-Duran
- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Computer Science and Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Louisiana State University’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA
- New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ, USA
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Yan Y, Li S, Liu Y, Guo Y, Fernandez C, Bazzano L, He J, Chen W. Associations Between Life-Course Lipid Trajectories and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Midlife. JAMA Netw Open 2022; 5:e2234862. [PMID: 36197664 PMCID: PMC9535509 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.34862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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IMPORTANCE Childhood lipid levels have been associated with adult subclinical atherosclerosis; however, life-course lipid trajectories and their associations with cardiovascular disease risk are poorly characterized. OBJECTIVES To examine the associations of lipid levels at different ages and discrete lipid trajectory patterns from childhood to adulthood with subclinical atherosclerosis in midlife. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This cohort study used data from the Bogalusa Heart Study, a prospective, population-based cohort study conducted in a semirural, biracial community in Bogalusa, Louisiana, with follow-up from 1973 to 2016 (median follow-up, 36.8 years). Participants had 4 to 16 repeated measurements of lipids, including total cholesterol (TC), non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglycerides (TG), from childhood to midlife and adult measurement of carotid intima-media thickness (IMT). Statistical analyses were conducted from July 1 to December 31, 2021. EXPOSURES Age-specific lipid levels were estimated, and lipid trajectory patterns were identified using latent mixture modeling. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Subclinical atherosclerosis measured by carotid IMT. RESULTS The study evaluated 1201 adults (mean [SD] age, 45.7 [6.8] years; 691 [57.5%] women and 510 [42.5%] men; 392 Black [32.6%] and 809 White [67.4%] individuals). Levels of all lipids at each age from 5 to 45 years were significantly associated with adult IMT. The magnitude of associations generally increased with age, and non-HDL-C (age 5 y: β, 0.040; 95% CI, 0.025-0.055; age 45 y, β, 0.049; 95% CI, 0.026-0.072) and LDL-C (age 5 y: β, 0.039; 95% CI, 0.024-0.054; age 45 y, β, 0.043; 95% CI, 0.023-0.063) showed the strongest associations. After adjusting for race, sex, and other cardiovascular risk factors, mean IMT values were significantly higher in the low-slow increase, low-rapid increase, and high-stable trajectory groups for TC (eg, high-stable group: mean difference, 0.152 mm; 95% CI, 0.059-0.244 mm), the low-slow increase, low-rapid increase, moderate-stable, and high-stable trajectory groups for non-HDL-C (eg, low-slow increase group: mean difference, 0.048 mm; 95% CI, 0.012-0.085 mm) and LDL-C (eg, low-rapid increase group: mean difference, 0.104 mm; 95% CI, 0.056-0.151 mm) and the low-rapid increase and moderate-stable trajectory groups for TG (eg, moderate-stable group: mean difference, 0.071 mm; 95% CI, 0.019-0.122 mm) vs the corresponding low-stable trajectory groups. These associations were slightly attenuated after further adjustment for lipid levels at baseline or follow-up. There were no significant differences in mean IMT among HDL-C trajectory groups. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this cohort study, discrete life-course lipid trajectories were associated with the development of atherosclerosis in midlife. The findings emphasize the importance of maintaining optimal lipid levels across the lifespan.
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- Yinkun Yan
- Center for Noncommunicable Disease Management, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children’s Health, Beijing, China
- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Children’s Minnesota Research Institute, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Johnson JA, Haq KT, Lutz KJ, Peters KK, Paternostro KA, Craig NE, Stencel NWL, Hawkinson LF, Khayyat-Kholghi M, Tereshchenko LG. Electrophysiological ventricular substrate of stroke: a prospective cohort study in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e048542. [PMID: 34479935 PMCID: PMC8420653 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The goal of the study was to determine an association of cardiac ventricular substrate with thrombotic stroke (TS), cardioembolic stroke (ES) and intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study in 1987-1989 enrolled adults (45-64 years), selected as a probability sample from four US communities (Minneapolis, Minnesota; Washington, Maryland; Forsyth, North Carolina; Jackson, Mississippi). Visit 2 was in 1990-1992, visit 3 in 1993-1995, visit 4 in 1996-1998 and visit 5 in 2011-2013. PARTICIPANTS ARIC participants with analysable ECGs and no history of stroke were included (n=14 479; age 54±6 y; 55% female; 24% black). Ventricular substrate was characterised by cardiac memory, spatial QRS-T angle (QRS-Ta), sum absolute QRST integral (SAIQRST), spatial ventricular gradient magnitude (SVGmag), premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) and tachycardia-dependent intermittent bundle branch block (TD-IBBB) on 12-lead ECG at visits 1-5. OUTCOME Adjudicated TS included a first definite or probable thrombotic cerebral infarction, ES-a first definite or probable non-carotid cardioembolic brain infarction. Definite ICH was included if it was the only stroke event. RESULTS Over a median 24.5 years follow-up, there were 899 TS, 400 ES and 120 ICH events. Cox proportional hazard risk models were adjusted for demographics, cardiovascular disease, risk factors, atrial fibrillation, atrial substrate and left ventricular hypertrophy. After adjustment, PVCs (HR 1.72; 95% CI 1.02 to 2.92), QRS-Ta (HR 1.15; 95% CI 1.03 to 1.28), SAIQRST (HR 1.20; 95% CI 1.07 to 1.34) and time-updated SVGmag (HR 1.19; 95% CI 1.08 to 1.32) associated with ES. Similarly, PVCs (HR 1.53; 95% CI 1.03 to 2.26), QRS-Ta (HR 1.08; 95% CI 1.01 to 1.16), SAIQRST (HR 1.07; 95% CI 1.01 to 1.14) and time-updated SVGmag (HR 1.11; 95% CI 1.04 to 1.19) associated with TS. TD-IBBB (HR 3.28; 95% CI 1.03 to 10.46) and time-updated SVGmag (HR 1.23; 95% CI 1.03 to 1.47) were associated with ICH. CONCLUSIONS PVC burden (reflected by cardiac memory) is associated with ischaemic stroke. Transient cardiac memory (likely through TD-IBBB) precedes ICH.
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- John A Johnson
- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division or Knight Cardiovascular Institute, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division or Knight Cardiovascular Institute, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division or Knight Cardiovascular Institute, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division or Knight Cardiovascular Institute, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division or Knight Cardiovascular Institute, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division or Knight Cardiovascular Institute, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division or Knight Cardiovascular Institute, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division or Knight Cardiovascular Institute, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division or Knight Cardiovascular Institute, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division or Knight Cardiovascular Institute, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Wright JD, Folsom AR, Coresh J, Sharrett AR, Couper D, Wagenknecht LE, Mosley TH, Ballantyne CM, Boerwinkle EA, Rosamond WD, Heiss G. The ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) Study: JACC Focus Seminar 3/8. J Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 77:2939-2959. [PMID: 34112321 PMCID: PMC8667593 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 73.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) initiated community-based surveillance in 1987 for myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence and mortality and created a prospective cohort of 15,792 Black and White adults ages 45 to 64 years. The primary aims were to improve understanding of the decline in CHD mortality and identify determinants of subclinical atherosclerosis and CHD in Black and White middle-age adults. ARIC has examined areas including health disparities, genomics, heart failure, and prevention, producing more than 2,300 publications. Results have had strong clinical impact and demonstrate the importance of population-based research in the spectrum of biomedical research to improve health.
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- Jacqueline D Wright
- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Wang Z, Zhu C, Nambi V, Morrison AC, Folsom AR, Ballantyne CM, Boerwinkle E, Yu B. Metabolomic Pattern Predicts Incident Coronary Heart Disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2019; 39:1475-1482. [PMID: 31092011 PMCID: PMC6839698 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.118.312236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Objective- Alterations in the serum metabolome may be detectable in at-risk individuals before the onset of coronary heart disease (CHD). Identifying metabolomic signatures associated with CHD may provide insight into disease pathophysiology and prevention. Approach and Results- Metabolomic profiling (chromatography-mass spectrometry) was performed in 2232 African Americans and 1366 European Americans from the ARIC study (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities). We applied Cox regression with least absolute shrinkage and selection operator to select metabolites associated with incident CHD. A metabolite risk score was constructed to evaluate whether the metabolite risk score predicted CHD risk beyond traditional risk factors. After 30 years of follow-up, we observed 633 incident CHD cases. Thirty-two metabolites were selected by least absolute shrinkage and selection operator to be associated with CHD, and 19 of the 32 showed significant individual associations with CHD, including a sugar substitute, erythritol. Theophylline (hazard ratio [95% CI] =1.16 [1.09-1.25]) and gamma-linolenic acid (hazard ratio [95% CI] =0.89 [0.81-0.97]) showed the greatest positive and negative associations with CHD, respectively. A 1 SD greater standardized metabolite risk score was associated with a 1.37-fold higher risk of CHD (hazard ratio [95% CI] =1.37 [1.27-1.47]). Adding the metabolite risk score to the traditional risk factors significantly improved model predictive performance (30-year risk prediction: Δ C statistics [95% CI] =0.016 [0.008-0.024], continuous net reclassification index [95% CI] =0.522 [0.480-0.556], integrated discrimination index [95% CI] =0.038 [0.019-0.065]). Conclusions- We identified 19 metabolites from known and novel metabolic pathways that collectively improved CHD risk prediction. Visual Overview- An online visual overview is available for this article.
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- Zhe Wang
- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- Michael E Debakey Veterans Affairs Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
- Division of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, Houston, TX
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- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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Schreiner PJ, Appiah D, Folsom AR. Gamma prime (γ') fibrinogen and carotid intima-media thickness: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 2017; 28:665-669. [PMID: 28885318 PMCID: PMC5865218 DOI: 10.1097/mbc.0000000000000659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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: We assessed if γ' fibrinogen, an isoform of fibrinogen, is independently associated with subclinical atherosclerosis beyond total fibrinogen in black and white men and women participating in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Fasting γ' fibrinogen was measured in 6847 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities participants, ages 51-70 years, in 1993-1995. Carotid intima-media far wall thickness (CIMT) was measured by B-mode ultrasonography at the common, internal and bifurcation carotids. The association of γ' fibrinogen tertiles with overall and segment-specific mean CIMT was assessed with linear regression, controlling for fibrinogen as well as cardiovascular risk factors, including high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and D-dimer. γ' Fibrinogen values ranged from 8.0 to 80.3 mg/dl and were positively related to age, female sex, black race, smoking, BMI, lipids and SBP. Crude γ' fibrinogen was directly associated with all CIMT measures except for the internal carotid, but explained less than 1% of the variance in the associations. Adjustment for total fibrinogen eliminated these associations, and total fibrinogen remained an independent predictor of CIMT without explaining additional variance. Adjustment for potential confounding variables did not alter the observed associations, which did not differ by race or sex. In these cross-sectional data, γ' fibrinogen was not independently associated with CIMT when controlling for total fibrinogen. γ' Fibrinogen and total fibrinogen together explained a very small proportion of the variance in CIMT, regardless of the carotid site. If γ' fibrinogen adds to total fibrinogen's ability to predict subclinical atherosclerosis, it may be in younger populations.
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- Pamela J. Schreiner
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Public Health, Texas, USA
- Tech University Health Sciences Center, Abilene, Texas, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Effoe VS, McClendon EE, Rodriguez CJ, Wagenknecht LE, Evans GW, Chang PP, Bertoni AG. Diabetes status modifies the association between carotid intima-media thickness and incident heart failure: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2017; 128:58-66. [PMID: 28448893 PMCID: PMC5501651 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2017.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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AIMS Increasing carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is associated with incident heart failure (HF). We investigated whether this association differs by diabetes status. METHODS We characterized 13,590 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study participants free of baseline HF into normal fasting glucose (NFG, glucose <100mg/dl), impaired fasting glucose (IFG, glucose 100-125mg/dl), and type 2 diabetes (T2D, glucose ≥126mg/dl, self-report, or use of diabetes drugs). CIMT was assessed by B-mode ultrasound. Incident HF was defined using ICD-9 or 10 codes from hospitalizations and death certificates. Cox regression was used to estimate hazard ratios (HR) for incident HF, adjusting for age, sex, race, education, hypertension medication, blood pressure, BMI, waist circumference, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, lipid-lowering medication, smoking, alcohol, serum creatinine, and interim CHD. RESULTS T2D participants had higher mean CIMT (0.79±0.20mm), compared to IFG (0.75±0.19mm) and NFG (0.70±0.17mm) (p<0.0001). Over 20.6years of median follow-up, 15% developed HF. Rates of HF (per 1000 person-years) were substantially higher for those with T2D (24.7), compared to IFG (7.7) and NFG (5.8). In adjusted analyses, the CIMT-HF association was significantly modified by diabetes status (Pinteraction=0.015): for NFG (HR per SD increase in CIMT: 1.27; 95%CI: 1.20-1.34), IFG (HR 1.18; 95%CI: 1.11-1.25) and T2D (HR 1.12; 95%CI: 1.05-1.21). CONCLUSIONS CIMT is associated with increased risk of HF, particularly among persons without diabetes. Due to a high absolute risk of HF among adults with T2D, CIMT may be a less reliable predictor.
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- Valery S Effoe
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Mississippi Medical Centre, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
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Shendre A, Wiener H, Irvin MR, Zhi D, Limdi NA, Overton ET, Wassel CL, Divers J, Rotter JI, Post WS, Shrestha S. Admixture Mapping of Subclinical Atherosclerosis and Subsequent Clinical Events Among African Americans in 2 Large Cohort Studies. CIRCULATION. CARDIOVASCULAR GENETICS 2017; 10:e001569. [PMID: 28408707 PMCID: PMC5396391 DOI: 10.1161/circgenetics.116.001569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Local ancestry may contribute to the disproportionate burden of subclinical and clinical cardiovascular disease among admixed African Americans compared with other populations, suggesting a rationale for admixture mapping. METHODS AND RESULTS We estimated local European ancestry (LEA) using Local Ancestry inference in adMixed Populations using Linkage Disequilibrium method (LAMP-LD) and evaluated the association with common carotid artery intima-media thickness (cCIMT) using multivariable linear regression analysis among 1554 African Americans from MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). We conducted secondary analysis to examine the significant cCIMT-LEA associations with clinical cardiovascular disease events. We observed genome-wide significance in relation to cCIMT association with the SERGEF gene (secretion-regulating guanine nucleotide exchange factor; β=0.0137; P=2.98×10-4), also associated with higher odds of stroke (odds ratio=1.71; P=0.02). Several regions, in particular CADPS gene (Ca2+-dependent secretion activator 1) region identified in MESA, were also replicated in the ARIC cohort (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities). We observed other cCIMT-LEA regions associated with other clinical events, most notably the regions harboring CKMT2 gene (creatine kinase, mitochondrial 2) and RASGRF2 gene (Ras protein-specific guanine nucleotide-releasing factor 2) with all clinical events except stroke, the LRRC3B gene (leucine-rich repeat containing 3B) with myocardial infarction, the PRMT3 gene (protein arginine methyltransferase 3) with stroke, and the LHFPL2 gene (lipoma high mobility group protein I-C fusion partner-like 2) with hard and all coronary heart disease. CONCLUSIONS We identified several novel LEA regions, in addition to previously identified genetic variations, associated with cCIMT and cardiovascular disease events among African Americans.
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- Aditi Shendre
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
- Currently: Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indianapolis University Purdue University Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
- Currently: Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indianapolis University Purdue University Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
- Currently: Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indianapolis University Purdue University Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
- Currently, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
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- Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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Fischer ME, Cruickshanks KJ, Schubert CR, Pinto AA, Carlsson CM, Klein BEK, Klein R, Tweed TS. Age-Related Sensory Impairments and Risk of Cognitive Impairment. J Am Geriatr Soc 2016; 64:1981-1987. [PMID: 27611845 PMCID: PMC5073029 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the associations between sensory impairments and 10-year risk of cognitive impairment. DESIGN The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study (EHLS), a longitudinal, population-based study of aging in the Beaver Dam, Wisconsin community. Baseline examinations were conducted in 1993 and follow-up examinations have been conducted every 5 years. SETTING General community. PARTICIPANTS EHLS members without cognitive impairment at EHLS-2 (1998-2000). There were 1,884 participants (mean age 66.7) with complete EHLS-2 sensory data and follow-up information. MEASUREMENTS Cognitive impairment was defined as a Mini-Mental State Examination score of <24 or history of dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Hearing impairment was a pure-tone average of hearing thresholds (0.5, 1, 2, 4 kHz) of >25 dB hearing level in either ear, visual impairment was a Pelli-Robson contrast sensitivity of <1.55 log units in the better eye, and olfactory impairment was a San Diego Odor Identification Test score of <6. RESULTS Hearing, visual, and olfactory impairment were independently associated with cognitive impairment risk (hearing: hazard ratio (HR) = 1.90, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.11-3.26; vision: HR = 2.05, 95% CI = 1.24-3.38; olfaction: HR = 3.92, 95% CI = 2.45-6.26)). Nevertheless, 85% of participants with hearing impairment, 81% with visual impairment, and 76% with olfactory impairment did not develop cognitive impairment during follow-up. CONCLUSION The relationship between sensory impairment and cognitive impairment was not unique to one sensory system, suggesting that sensorineural health may be a marker of brain aging. The development of a combined sensorineurocognitive measure may be useful in uncovering mechanisms of healthy brain aging.
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- Mary E Fischer
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
- Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
- Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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Poredos P. Intima-media thickness: indicator of cardiovascular risk and measure of the extent of atherosclerosis. Vasc Med 2016; 9:46-54. [PMID: 15230488 DOI: 10.1191/1358863x04vm514ra] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The measurement of intima-media thickness (IMT) of large superficial arteries, especially the carotid, using high-resolution B-mode ultrasonography has emerged as one of the methods of choice for determining the anatomic extent of atherosclerosis and for assessing cardiovascular risk. IMT measurement obtained by ultrasonography correlates very well with pathohistologic measurements and the reproducibility of this technique is good. Population studies have shown a strong correlation between carotid IMT and several cardiovascular risk factors, and it has also been found to be associated with the extent of atherosclerosis and end-organ damage of high-risk patients. Therefore, increased carotid IMT is a measure of athero-sclerotic burden and a predictor of subsequent events. Because of its quantitative value, carotid IMT measurement is more and more frequently used in clinical trials to test the effects of different preventive measures, including drugs. More recently, there has been interest in the clinical use of this technique for detecting preclinical (asymptomatic) atherosclerosis and for identifying subjects at high risk. Measurement of carotid IMT could influence a clinician to intervene with medication and to use more aggressive treatment of risk factors in primary prevention, and in patients with atherosclerotic disease in whom there is evidence of progression and extension of atherosclerotic disease. For more extensive use of this method in clinical practice a consensus concerning the standardization of methods of measurement and precise definition of threshold between normal and pathologic IMT value is urgently needed.
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- Pavel Poredos
- Department for Vascular Disease, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Pang Y, Sang Y, Ballew SH, Grams ME, Heiss G, Coresh J, Matsushita K. Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Incident ESRD: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2016; 11:1197-1205. [PMID: 27073198 PMCID: PMC4934849 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.11951115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Carotid intima-media thickness has been reported to predict kidney function decline. However, whether carotid intima-media thickness is associated with a hard kidney end point, ESRD, has not been investigated. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS We studied 13,197 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities participants at visit 1 (1987-1989) without history of cardiovascular disease, including coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart failure, at baseline and assessed whether carotid intima-media thickness measured by B-mode ultrasound is associated with ESRD risk using Cox proportional hazards models. Regarding carotid intima-media thickness parameters, we investigated the mean and maximum values of overall and segment-specific (common, bifurcation, and internal carotid arteries) measurements. RESULTS Mean age was 54.0 (SD=5.7) years old, and there were 3373 (25.6%) blacks and 7370 (55.8%) women. During a median follow-up of 22.7 years, 433 participants developed ESRD (1.4/1000 person-years). After adjusting for shared risk factors for atherosclerosis and kidney disease, including baseline kidney function, carotid intima-media thickness was significantly associated with ESRD risk (hazard ratio [HR] between quartiles 4 and 1, 1.46; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.02 to 2.08 for overall mean intima-media thickness and HR between quartiles 4 and 1, 1.75; 95% CI, 1.24 to 2.48 for overall maximum intima-media thickness). The associations were largely consistent in demographic and clinical subgroups. When we explored segment-specific intima-media thicknesses, the associations with ESRD were most robust for bifurcation carotid (e.g., adjusted HR between quartiles 4 and 1 of mean intima-media thickness, 1.49; 95% CI, 1.04 to 2.13 for bifurcation; adjusted HR between quartiles 4 and 1 of mean intima-media thickness, 1.36; 95% CI, 0.94 to 1.97 for common; and adjusted HR between quartiles 4 and 1 of mean intima-media thickness, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.67 to 1.29 for internal). CONCLUSIONS Carotid intima-media thickness was independently associated with incident ESRD in the general population, suggesting the shared etiology of atherosclerosis and ESRD.
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- Yuanjie Pang
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; and
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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Chen LY, Leening MJG, Norby FL, Roetker NS, Hofman A, Franco OH, Pan W, Polak JF, Witteman JCM, Kronmal RA, Folsom AR, Nazarian S, Stricker BH, Heckbert SR, Alonso A. Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Arterial Stiffness and the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), and the Rotterdam Study. J Am Heart Assoc 2016; 5:e002907. [PMID: 27207996 PMCID: PMC4889172 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.002907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND We evaluated the association of carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), carotid plaque, carotid distensibility coefficient (DC), and aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) with incident atrial fibrillation (AF) and their role in improving AF risk prediction beyond the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE)-AF risk score. METHODS AND RESULTS We analyzed data from 3 population-based cohort studies: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study (n=13 907); Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA; n=6640), and the Rotterdam Study (RS; n=5220). We evaluated the association of arterial indices with incident AF and computed the C-statistic, category-based net reclassification improvement (NRI), and relative integrated discrimination improvement (IDI) of incorporating arterial indices into the CHARGE-AF risk score (age, race, height weight, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, antihypertensive medication use, smoking, diabetes, previous myocardial infarction, and previous heart failure). Higher cIMT (meta-analyzed hazard ratio [95% CI] per 1-SD increment, 1.12 [1.08-1.16]) and presence of carotid plaque (1.30 [1.19-1.42]) were associated with higher AF incidence after adjustment for CHARGE-AF risk-score variables. Lower DC and higher PWV were associated with higher AF incidence only after adjustment for the CHARGE-AF risk-score variables excepting height, weight, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Addition of cIMT or carotid plaque marginally improved CHARGE-AF score prediction as assessed by the relative IDI (estimates, 0.025-0.051), but not when assessed with the C-statistic and NRI. CONCLUSIONS Higher cIMT, presence of carotid plaque, and greater arterial stiffness are associated with higher AF incidence, indicating that atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness play a role in AF etiopathogenesis. However, arterial indices only modestly improve AF risk prediction.
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- Lin Y Chen
- Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Department of Cardiology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Radiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Inspectorate for Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Riley WA, Barnes RW, Bond MG, Evans G, Chambless LE, Heiss G. High-Resolution B-Mode Ultrasound Reading Methods in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Cohort. J Neuroimaging 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/jon199114168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Schubert CR, Cruickshanks KJ, Fischer ME, Klein BEK, Klein R, Pinto AA. Inflammatory and vascular markers and olfactory impairment in older adults. Age Ageing 2015; 44:878-82. [PMID: 26082178 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND the incidence of olfactory impairment increases sharply in the eighth and ninth decades of life but the aetiology of age-related olfactory decline is not well understood. Inflammation and atherosclerosis are associated with many age-related conditions and atherosclerosis has been associated with olfactory decline in middle-aged adults. OBJECTIVE to determine if inflammatory markers and atherosclerosis are associated with the development of olfactory impairment in older adults. DESIGN longitudinal, population-based study. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS a total of 1,611 participants, aged 53-97 years in the Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study without olfactory impairment at the 1998-2000 examination and with follow-up at a subsequent examination 5 and/or 10 years later. METHODS the San Diego Odor Identification Test was used to measure olfaction. High sensitivity C-reactive protein, interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor-α were measured in serum and carotid ultrasound images were obtained for the measurement of carotid intima media thickness (IMT) and plaque assessment. Medical history, behavioural and lifestyle information were obtained by interview. RESULTS inflammatory markers, IMT and plaque were not associated with the 10-year cumulative incidence of olfactory impairment in adjusted Cox proportional hazard models. Among those <60 years, the mean IMT [hazard ratio (HR) = 4.35, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.69-11.21, tertile 3 versus tertile 1] and the number of sites with plaque (HR = 1.56, 95% CI = 1.17-2.08, per site) were associated with an increased risk of developing an olfactory impairment at follow-up. CONCLUSION subclinical atherosclerosis at a younger age may be a risk factor for the development of olfactory impairment.
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- Carla R Schubert
- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Bhuiyan AR, Srinivasan SR, Chen W, Fernandez C, Xu JH, Berenson GS. Timing of menarche related to carotid artery intima-media thickness in black and white young adult women: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Ann Epidemiol 2015; 25:414-9. [PMID: 25840807 PMCID: PMC4433574 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Revised: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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PURPOSE The early onset of menarche is related to the adulthood risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease. This study examines the relation of early onset of menarche to carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT), which is a surrogate marker of CV disease, among asymptomatic young adult women in a black-white community. METHODS A cohort of 461 women (31% black, 69% white) aged 24 to 43 years (mean of 35.6 years) were participants in the Bogalusa Heart Study. The age at menarche was retrospectively collected. In addition to CV risk factor variable measurements B-mode ultrasound images of the far walls of carotid artery segments were obtained. The multivariate linear regression model along with mediating effect by Sobel test was applied to analyze menarcheal age effect on carotid artery IMT, adjusting for covariates. RESULTS Waist to height ratio was significantly greater (P = .01) in early menarcheal age (<11 years) versus menarcheal age (≥11 years) in both black and white women. Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) was significantly greater (P = .01) in early menarcheal age (<11 years) versus menarcheal age (≥11 years) in white women and also similar direction in black women. Internal carotid artery IMT was the same in early menarcheal age (<11 years) versus menarcheal age (≥11 years) in white women but higher (P = .02) in black women. Given as previously mentioned these different associations, the mediation analysis by race was performed. The effect of early menarcheal age (<11 years) versus menarcheal age (≥11 years) was mediated by waist to height ratio and HOMA-IR in white women after adjusting for parental education and age. The mediating effect of waist to height ratio (Sobel test = -2.26 and P = .02) and HOMA-IR (Sobel test = -1.85 and P = .06) on internal carotid artery IMT was noted in white women. The direct effect of early menarcheal age (<11 years) versus menarcheal age (≥11 years) on internal carotid artery IMT (β = -0.150, P = .01) was observed in black women. CONCLUSIONS The observed deleterious effect of early onset of menarche on carotid artery IMT in asymptomatic black and white younger adult women has biological, social, and public health implications.
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- Azad R Bhuiyan
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, College of Public Service, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS.
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- Epidemiology Department, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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- Epidemiology Department, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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- Epidemiology Department, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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- Epidemiology Department, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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- Epidemiology Department, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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Fischer ME, Schubert CR, Nondahl DM, Dalton DS, Huang GH, Keating BJ, Klein BEK, Klein R, Tweed TS, Cruickshanks KJ. Subclinical atherosclerosis and increased risk of hearing impairment. Atherosclerosis 2014; 238:344-9. [PMID: 25555266 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2014] [Revised: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The study's purpose was to test if subclinical atherosclerosis was associated with the risk of developing HI in a large cohort of middle-aged participants. METHODS Study subjects were members of the Beaver Dam Offspring Study (BOSS), a longitudinal study of adult children of participants in the population-based Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study (1993-present). BOSS examinations took place in 2005-2008 (baseline) and 2010-2013 (5-year follow-up). The 5-year incidence of hearing impairment was defined as a pure-tone average (PTA) of thresholds at 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 kHz > 25 dB Hearing Level (dB HL) in either ear at follow-up among participants at risk (baseline PTA in both ears < = 25 dB HL; n = 2436, mean age = 47.7 years). Atherosclerosis was measured as the mean carotid intima-media thickness and the presence of carotid artery plaque. RESULTS Among the 1984 participants at-risk with a follow-up audiometric examination, the 5-year incidence of hearing impairment was 8.3% (95% Confidence Interval (C.I.) 7.1, 9.5). With multivariable adjustment, carotid intima-media thickness was positively associated with hearing impairment incidence (Relative Risk (RR) = 1.14 per 0.1 mm, 95% C.I. 1.04, 1.24). The number of sites (0-6) with plaque was also positively associated with the incidence of impairment (RR = 1.16 per site, 95% C.I. 1.01, 1.32). CONCLUSION Atherosclerosis was associated with the 5-year incidence of hearing impairment in this predominantly middle-aged cohort. Interventions targeting atherosclerosis prevention may help to prevent or delay the onset of hearing impairment.
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- Mary E Fischer
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 610 Walnut Street, Madison, WI, 53726, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 610 Walnut Street, Madison, WI, 53726, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 610 Walnut Street, Madison, WI, 53726, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 610 Walnut Street, Madison, WI, 53726, USA.
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- Institute of Statistics, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan.
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- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1016 Abramson Building, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 610 Walnut Street, Madison, WI, 53726, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 610 Walnut Street, Madison, WI, 53726, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 610 Walnut Street, Madison, WI, 53726, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 610 Walnut Street, Madison, WI, 53726, USA; Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 610 Walnut Street, Madison, WI, 53726, USA.
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Schubert CR, Cruickshanks KJ, Fischer ME, Huang GH, Klein R, Tsai MY, Pinto AA. Carotid Intima Media Thickness, Atherosclerosis, and 5-Year Decline in Odor Identification: The Beaver Dam Offspring Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2014; 70:879-84. [PMID: 25182599 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine if subclinical markers of atherosclerosis are associated with a decline in olfactory function. METHODS The San Diego Odor Identification Test was administered to 2,302 participants (age 21-84 years) at the baseline (2005-2008) and 5-year follow-up (2010-2013) examinations of the Beaver Dam Offspring Study. A decline in odor identification was defined as a decrease in San Diego Odor Identification Test score of 2 or more (range 0-8) from Beaver Dam Offspring Study 1 to Beaver Dam Offspring Study 2. Carotid intima media thickness and plaque, blood pressure, pulse wave velocity, and body mass index were measured and other risk factor data were obtained by interview. RESULTS Overall 3.2% of participants had a decline in San Diego Odor Identification Test score at 5 years. In age- and sex-adjusted models, mean intima media thickness (odds ratio = 1.17, 95% CI = 1.01, 1.34, per 0.1 mm) and number of sites (range 0-6) with carotid artery plaque (odds ratio = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.11, 1.65, per site) at baseline were associated with an increased risk for decline. Plaque score (odds ratio = 1.24, 95% CI = 1.01, 1.53) remained a significant independent predictor of olfactory decline in a model that included age, sex, hypertension, body mass index, alcohol, and smoking. CONCLUSIONS Subclinical atherosclerosis was associated with an increased risk for olfactory decline indicating that atherosclerosis may be one of the risk factors for the decline in olfactory function seen with aging. Strategies to improve vascular health may also benefit olfactory health.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison
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- Institute of Statistics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and
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- Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and
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Kumral E, Karaman B, Orman M, Kabaroglu C. Association of uric acid and carotid artery disease in patients with ischemic stroke. Acta Neurol Scand 2014; 130:11-7. [PMID: 24313880 DOI: 10.1111/ane.12208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Some previous studies reported an independent association between uric acid and coronary artery disease, while little is known on the association among uric acid and carotid artery disease (CAD). To address this issue, we investigated the association between CAD and higher uric acid level because of the well-known importance of the carotid artery pathologies for ischemic stroke. METHODS Between 2009 and 2012, we conducted a study among 406 consecutive first-ever ischemic stroke patients to assess the relationship between uric acid and carotid artery. A mean intima-media thickness IMT was calculated for the wall of the left and right common carotid arteries (CCA) and IMT of the bifurcation of the carotid arteries. CAD was assessed by neuroimaging techniques in patients with carotid artery stenosis more than 50%. Logistic regression models were used to determine the relation among pathological changes of the carotid artery and higher uric acid level. RESULTS In patients with hyperuricemia, the frequency of age (>60 years), hypertriglyceridemia, higher apo B, renal failure were significantly higher than those with normal uric acid level. CAD was more frequent in patients with hyperuricemia than those with normal uric acid level (OR, 1.8, 95% CI, 1.1-3.1; P = 0.01). In patients with higher uric acid level, the mean of the IMT of the CCA and of the bifurcation of the carotid artery were higher than those with normal uric acid level (P = 0.001 for each). Covariance matrix analysis displayed a strong correlation between CAD and age (>60 years) (P < 0.05), sex (P < 0.01), hyperuricemia (P < 0.01), hypertension (P < 0.05), and hypercholesterolemia (P < 0.05). In the models of regression analysis, a strong association was found among patients with CAD and sex, renal failure, hyperuricemia, number of plaques, and size of plaques. CONCLUSION Our study demonstrated that higher uric acid level is strongly associated with CAD. Elevated uric acid might be injurious for large cerebral arteries with some probable confounding risk factors. Further prospective large clinical trials will determine whether lowering uric acid level reduces the frequency of CAD and ischemic stroke.
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- E. Kumral
- Stroke Unit; Department of Neurology; School of Medicine; Ege University; İzmir Turkey
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- Stroke Unit; Department of Neurology; School of Medicine; Ege University; İzmir Turkey
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- Department of Biostatistic; School of Medicine; Ege University; İzmir Turkey
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry; School of Medicine; Ege University; İzmir Turkey
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Effoe VS, Rodriguez CJ, Wagenknecht LE, Evans GW, Chang PP, Mirabelli MC, Bertoni AG. Carotid intima-media thickness is associated with incident heart failure among middle-aged whites and blacks: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. J Am Heart Assoc 2014; 3:e000797. [PMID: 24815496 PMCID: PMC4309069 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.000797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background Increased carotid intima‐media thickness (IMT) is associated with subclinical left ventricular myocardial dysfunction, suggesting a possible role of carotid IMT in heart failure (HF) risk determination. Methods and Results Mean far wall carotid IMT, measured by B‐mode ultrasound, was available for 13 590 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study participants aged 45 to 64 years and free of HF at baseline. HF was defined using ICD‐9 428 and ICD‐10 I‐50 codes from hospitalization records and death certificates. The association between carotid IMT and incident HF was assessed using Cox proportional hazards analysis with models adjusted for demographic variables, major CVD risk factors, and interim CHD. There were 2008 incident HF cases over a median follow‐up of 20.6 years (8.1 cases per 1000 person‐years). Mean IMT was higher in those with HF than in those without (0.81 mm±0.23 versus 0.71 mm±0.17, P<0.001). Unadjusted rate of HF for the fourth compared with the first quartile of IMT was 15.4 versus 3.9 per 1000 person‐years; P<0.001. In multivariable analysis, after adjustment, each standard deviation increase in IMT was associated with incident HF (HR 1.20 [95% CI: 1.16 to 1.25]). After adjustment, the top quartile of IMT was associated with HF (HR 1.60 [95% CI: 1.37 to 1.87]). Results were similar across race and gender groups. Conclusions Increasing carotid IMT is associated with incident HF in middle‐aged whites and blacks, beyond risks explained by major CVD risk factors and CHD. This suggests that carotid IMT may be associated with HF through mechanisms different from myocardial ischemia or infarction.
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- Valery S Effoe
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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Whelton SP, Roy P, Astor BC, Zhang L, Hoogeveen RC, Ballantyne CM, Coresh J. Elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein as a risk marker of the attenuated relationship between serum cholesterol and cardiovascular events at older age. The ARIC Study. Am J Epidemiol 2013; 178:1076-84. [PMID: 24026395 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The relationship between cholesterol and coronary heart disease (CHD) is attenuated at older age. We analyzed cholesterol level as a predictor of CHD in 8,947 participants from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, a large multicenter cohort study that enrolled participants in 1987-1989 at 4 field centers in Washington County, Maryland; Forsyth County, North Carolina; Jackson, Mississippi; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Participants in the present analysis had no history of CHD and were stratified by age (<65 or ≥65 years) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) level (<2 or ≥2 mg/L). Visit 4 (1996-1997) was the baseline for this analysis, with follow-up through 2008. Cholesterol level was significantly associated with CHD among younger participants, and cholesterol level was similarly predictive of CHD among older participants with an hs-CRP level of <2 mg/L. In contrast, among older participants with an hs-CRP level of 2 mg/L or higher, the association of CHD with total cholesterol level was borderline significant (hazard ratio = 1.14, 95% confidence interval: 1.00, 1.29), and the association of CHD with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level was nonsignificant (hazard ratio = 1.10; 95% confidence interval: 0.96, 1.26). Among older persons with an elevated hs-CRP level, cholesterol level was significantly less predictive of CHD (P < 0.05), whereas for those with an hs-CRP level of <2 mg/L, there was no significant difference compared with younger participants. In conclusion, we found that among the young-old, the association of cholesterol level with CHD was strong when hs-CRP level was not elevated and weak when hs-CRP level was elevated. Therefore, hs-CRP level could be useful for stratifying the young-old to assess the strength of cholesterol level in CHD risk prediction.
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Klein R, Cruickshanks KJ, Myers CE, Sivakumaran TA, Iyengar SK, Meuer SM, Schubert CR, Gangnon RE, Klein BEK. The relationship of atherosclerosis to the 10-year cumulative incidence of age-related macular degeneration: the Beaver Dam studies. Ophthalmology 2013; 120:1012-9. [PMID: 23399375 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Revised: 10/30/2012] [Accepted: 11/02/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To describe the relationships of intima-media thickness (IMT), plaque in the carotid artery, angina, myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke to the 10-year cumulative incidence of early and late age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and progression of AMD. DESIGN Cohort study. PARTICIPANTS A total of 1700 persons aged 53 to 96 years who participated in both the Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study and the Beaver Dam Eye Study in 1998-2000, with photographs gradable for AMD at 5-year (2003-2005) and 10-year (2008-2010) follow-up examinations. METHODS The IMT and presence of plaque were assessed using B-mode ultrasonography of the carotid artery. Presence of angina, MI, and stroke were defined on the basis of a self-reported history of physician diagnosis. The presence and severity of AMD were determined by systematic grading of stereoscopic color fundus photographs. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Age-related macular degeneration. RESULTS The 10-year cumulative incidence of early AMD was 15.7%, and the 10-year cumulative incidence of late AMD was 4.0%. After adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, smoking status, age-related maculopathy susceptibility 2 (ARMS2) and complement factor H (CFH) genotypes, and other factors, mean IMT was associated with the 10-year incidence of early AMD (odds ratio [OR] per 0.1 mm IMT, 1.11; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.00-1.21; P = 0.03) and late AMD (OR per 0.1 mm IMT, 1.27; CI, 1.10-1.47; P = 0.001). Mean IMT was associated with the 10-year incidence of pure geographic atrophy (OR per 0.1 mm IMT, 1.31; CI, 1.05-1.64; P = 0.02) but not exudative AMD (OR per 0.1 mm IMT, 1.14; CI, 0.97-1.34; P = 0.11). Similar associations were found for maximum IMT. The number of sites with plaque was related to the incidence of late AMD (OR per 0.1 mm IMT, 2.79 for 4-6 sites vs. none; CI, 1.06-7.37; P = 0.04) but not to early AMD. A history of angina, MI, or stroke was not related to any incident AMD outcome. CONCLUSIONS In these population-based data, carotid artery IMT and carotid plaques had a weak relationship to the incidence of late AMD that was independent of systemic and genetic risk factors. Angina, MI, and stroke were not related to AMD. It is unclear whether the carotid IMT is a risk indicator of processes affecting Bruch's membrane and the retinal pigment epithelium, or a measure of atherosclerosis affecting susceptibility to AMD. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE(S) The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.
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- Ronald Klein
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, USA.
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Gender divergence on the impact of multiple cardiovascular risk factors on the femoral artery intima-media thickness in asymptomatic young adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Am J Med Sci 2012; 343:40-5. [PMID: 21681071 DOI: 10.1097/maj.0b013e31821da9c0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Gender divergence on the impact of multiple cardiovascular risk factors on the femoral artery intima-media thickness (IMT) has not been studied in a biracial (black-white) community-based asymptomatic young adults. METHODS Femoral IMT was measured by B-mode ultrasonography in 1080 individuals (age, 24-43 years; 71% white; 43% men) enrolled in the Bogalusa Heart Study. RESULTS Femoral IMT showed a gender difference (men > women; P = 0.001), but no racial difference. In a multivariate model, age, cigarette smoking, systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio related independently, in that order, to IMT in women, and age and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in men. In women, mean IMT increased with increasing number of risk factors defined as values above the age-, race- and gender-specific 75th percentile of systolic blood pressure, waist circumference, total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and insulin along with positive smoking status (P for trend = 0.001), with respective mean IMT (mm) values of 0.61, 0.65, 0.72 and 0.77, for 0, 1 to 2, 3 and 4 to 5 risk factors. There was no such significant trend in men. CONCLUSIONS Although men versus women had thicker IMT, the observed increasing trend of femoral IMT with increasing number of risk factors in asymptomatic young women suggests that women may be relatively more susceptible to the burden of multiple risk factors.
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Kelley RE, Dasmahapatra P, Wang J, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Fernandez C, Xu J, Martin-Schild S, Berenson GS. Prevalence of atherosclerotic plaque in young and middle-aged asymptomatic individuals: the Bogalusa heart study. South Med J 2011; 104:803-8. [PMID: 22089358 DOI: 10.1097/smj.0b013e318236c35c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of carotid and femoral artery atherosclerotic plaque in a community-based population of asymptomatic African American and white men and women, with an age range of 29 to 51 years, and the potential relations with cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS Between 2007 and 2010, 914 subjects, 58% women and 69% white, who were part of the Bogalusa Heart Study, an ongoing study of a southern biracial community in Bogalusa, Louisiana, were followed up from childhood through adulthood and assessed for plaque formation using ultrasound. Of the total number of subjects, those with a history of cardiovascular/cerebrovascular events were excluded. RESULTS Plaque prevalence ranged from 8% to 14%, with greater frequency in white men. Plaque formation was also associated with smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, age, and white race, in descending order. CONCLUSIONS In this population, studied sequentially since 1973, the presence of plaque correlated with widely recognized cardiovascular risk factors, although we did not detect significant contributions from either obesity or elevated lipids, including low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. It is possible that interventions, such as diet alteration and statin therapy, may have a positive impact on these potential contributors to plaque formation, and hypertension, diabetes mellitus and smoking remain of great importance.
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- Roger Everett Kelley
- Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and the Department of Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Liew G, Campbell S, Klein R, Klein BEK, Sharrett AR, Cotch MF, Wang JJ, Wong TY. Ten-year longitudinal changes in retinal microvascular lesions: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Ophthalmology 2011; 118:1612-8. [PMID: 21529953 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2010] [Revised: 11/25/2010] [Accepted: 01/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE There are limited data on the natural history and longitudinal changes of retinal microvascular lesions. We examined 10-year changes in retinal microvascular lesions, focusing on those related to hypertension and shown to predict development of cardiovascular disease. DESIGN Prospective cohort. PARTICIPANTS We included 1120 middle-aged participants without diabetes of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study in 1993 to 1995 and again 10 years later in 2003 to 2005. METHODS Retinal microvascular lesions were graded from retinal photographs using the same protocol at both examinations, with changes (incidence or disappearance) adjudicated by a side-by-side comparison of photographs. The study sample was stratified by carotid intima media thickness (IMT) and ARIC field center; thus, all analyses were weighted by these factors. Persons with diabetes were excluded because the frequency and pathophysiology of diabetic retinal lesions is different. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Incidence and disappearance rates of lesions. RESULTS The 10-year incidence of focal arteriolar narrowing, arteriovenous (AV) nicking, and retinopathy in persons without diabetes was 3.4% (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.3-4.9), 2.5% (95% CI, 1.6-3.9), and 2.2% (95% CI, 1.3-3.5) respectively. Over the 10-year period, of 32, 219, and 24 eyes with focal arteriolar narrowing, AV nicking and retinopathy at baseline, 50.3% (95% CI, 28.6-71.9), 40.7% (95% CI, 32.7-49.4), and 65.9% (95% CI, 42.4-83.5), respectively, disappeared. Higher baseline plasma fibrinogen and white cell counts were associated with incident focal arteriolar narrowing; antihypertensive medication use was associated with incident AV nicking, and higher diastolic blood pressure, carotid IMT, and white cell counts were associated with incident retinopathy. Higher fasting serum glucose was not significantly associated with incident retinopathy, although this may be related to the small number of lesions (odds ratio, 5.88; 95% CI, 0.74-46.64 per standard deviation difference). CONCLUSIONS In this sample of middle-aged adults, new retinal microvascular lesions appeared at a rate between 2% and 4% over 10 years. A high percentage of lesions (≥40%) disappeared over the same period, suggesting considerable remodeling in the retinal microvasculature. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE(S) The authors have no proprietary or commercial interest in any of the materials discussed in this article.
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- Gerald Liew
- Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Li M, Kao WH, Couper D, Boerwinkle E, Bielinski SJ, Folsom AR, Pankow JS. Association of a fasting glucose genetic risk score with subclinical atherosclerosis: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Diabetes 2011; 60:331-5. [PMID: 21036910 PMCID: PMC3012190 DOI: 10.2337/db10-0839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Elevated fasting glucose level is associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), a measure of subclinical atherosclerosis. It is unclear if this association is causal. Using the principle of Mendelian randomization, we sought to explore the causal association between circulating glucose and IMT by examining the association of a genetic risk score with IMT. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The sample was drawn from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study and included 7,260 nondiabetic Caucasian individuals with IMT measurements and relevant genotyping. Components of the fasting glucose genetic risk score (FGGRS) were selected from a fasting glucose genome-wide association study in ARIC. The score was created by combining five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs780094 [GCKR], rs560887 [G6PC2], rs4607517 [GCK], rs13266634 [SLC30A8], and rs10830963 [MTNR1B]) and weighting each SNP by its strength of association with fasting glucose. IMT was measured through bilateral carotid ultrasound. Mean IMT was regressed on the FGGRS and on the component SNPs, individually. RESULTS The FGGRS was significantly associated (P = 0.009) with mean IMT. The difference in IMT predicted by a 1 SD increment in the FGGRS (0.0048 mm) was not clinically relevant but was larger than would have been predicted based on observed associations between the FFGRS, fasting glucose, and IMT. Additional adjustment for baseline measured glucose in regression models attenuated the association by about one third. CONCLUSIONS The significant association of the FGGRS with IMT suggests a possible causal association of elevated fasting glucose with atherosclerosis, although it may be that these loci influence IMT through nonglucose pathways.
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Ohira T, Shahar E, Iso H, Chambless LE, Rosamond WD, Sharrett AR, Folsom AR. Carotid artery wall thickness and risk of stroke subtypes: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Stroke 2010; 42:397-403. [PMID: 21164133 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.110.592261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Understanding associations of carotid atherosclerosis with stroke subtypes may contribute to more effective prevention of stroke. METHODS Between 1987 and 1989, 13 560 men and women aged 45 to 64 years and free of clinical stroke took part in the first examination of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Incident strokes were ascertained by hospital surveillance. RESULTS During an average follow-up of 15.7 years, 82 incident hemorrhagic and 621 incident ischemic strokes (131 lacunar, 358 nonlacunar, and 132 cardioembolic strokes) occurred. The incidence rates of hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes were greater across higher carotid intima-media thickness levels. Although this positive association was observed for all stroke subtypes, the age-, gender-, and race-adjusted risk ratios were higher for cardioembolic and nonlacunar strokes than for hemorrhagic and lacunar strokes. Compared with participants in the lowest quintile (<0.61 mm), the adjusted risk ratios for those in the highest quintile (≥0.85 mm) of intima-media thickness were 2.55 (95% CI, 1.09-5.94) for hemorrhagic, 2.89 (95% CI, 1.50-5.54) for lacunar, 3.61 (95% CI, 2.33-5.99) for nonlacunar, and 6.12 (95% CI, 2.71-13.9) for cardioembolic stroke. The risk ratios were attenuated by additional adjustment for covariates but remained statistically significant for nonlacunar and cardioembolic strokes (P for trend <0.001, respectively). The association between carotid intima-media thickness and lacunar stroke was somewhat stronger in blacks than in whites (P for interaction=0.07). CONCLUSIONS Carotid atherosclerosis was associated with increased risk of all stroke subtypes, but the association of carotid atherosclerosis with stroke may vary by subtypes.
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- Tetsuya Ohira
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA
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Camhi SM, Katzmarzyk PT, Broyles ST, Srinivasan SR, Chen W, Bouchard C, Berenson GS. Subclinical atherosclerosis and metabolic risk: role of body mass index and waist circumference. Metab Syndr Relat Disord 2010; 9:119-25. [PMID: 21133775 DOI: 10.1089/met.2010.0079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) is greater in adults with elevated metabolic risk profiles. However, the influence of body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference (WC) on the relationship between IMT and metabolic risk is unclear. METHODS Adults from the Bogalusa Heart Study were classified as normal weight, overweight, or obese and into WC categories (men, low <94 cm, moderate 94-101.9 cm, high ≥102 cm; women, low <80 cm, moderate 80-87.9 cm, high ≥88 cm). Elevated metabolic risk was defined by cardiovascular risk factor clustering (≥2 abnormal risk factors or insulin resistance (upper quartile of homeostasis model of insulin resistance). Carotid ultrasound measurements were obtained and mean IMT was calculated. General linear models compared IMT between elevated versus normal metabolic risk groups, adjusting for sex, age, race/ethnicity, and either BMI or WC category. RESULTS Adults were 24-43 years of age (n = 991) and 41% had elevated metabolic risk (42% male, 28% African American, 38% obese). IMT (mm) was greater in adults with elevated metabolic risk (0.83 ± 0.007) versus normal risk (0.80 ± 0.006) whether adjusted by BMI or WC (both P < 0.0005). IMT was greater in adults with elevated compared to normal metabolic risk within normal-weight (0.84 ± 0.016 vs. 0.79 ± 0.008; P = 0.002), and obese adults (0.86 ± 0.009 vs. 0.80 ± 0.01; P = 0.03), but not significantly different between risk groups in overweight adults. Similar results were found when stratified by WC category. CONCLUSION Adults with elevated metabolic risk have greater IMT than those with normal risk in normal-weight, overweight, low WC, and high WC, but not significant for overweight or moderate WC categories.
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- Sarah M Camhi
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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Korcarz CE, Gepner AD, Peppard PE, Young TB, Stein JH. The effects of sleep-disordered breathing on arterial stiffness are modulated by age. Sleep 2010; 33:1081-5. [PMID: 20815190 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/33.8.1081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES To identify associations between sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and arterial stiffness. SETTING Nested cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS One hundred fifty-three participants (ages 45-77 years, 43% women) in the population-based Wisconsin Sleep Cohort. Eighty-three had SDB and were not using continuous positive airway pressure therapy. INTERVENTIONS Measurement of aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) by arterial tonometry. Nocturnal polysomnography. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS SDB was defined as an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) > or = 5 events/hour of sleep. By study design those with SDB had higher mean (SD) AHI (17.6 [16.2] vs 2.2 [1.3] events/h), as well as lower average nocturnal O2 saturation (91.5 [2.1] vs 93.0 [1.4] %, P < 0.001) and larger waist circumference (102.5 [13.2] vs 92.5 [12.5] cm, P < 0.001), but they had similar central aortic systolic (122.8 [15.1] vs 119.1 [11.8] mm Hg, P = 0.100) and diastolic blood pressures (77.1 [9.4] vs 77.4 [8.6] mm Hg, P = 0.834), and PWV (9.06 [2.15] vs 8.51 [1.88] m/s; all P > 0.10). Markers of SDB that were correlated with PWV were nocturnal O2 saturation (r = -0.24, P = 0.004) and AHI (r = 0.18, P = 0.032); however, these associations were not statistically significant after adjustment. In subjects not on antihypertensive medications, a significant interaction between nocturnal O2 saturation and age was identified (beta = -0.019, P = 0.039), such that the effect of nocturnal oxygen O2 on PWV increased with age (adjusted R2 = 0.468). CONCLUSIONS Adverse effects of nocturnal oxygen desaturation on PWV are seen among normotensive individuals and are amplified with aging. Integrated assessment of SDB is necessary to characterize its effects on arterial stiffness.
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- Claudia E Korcarz
- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792, USA
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Ruan L, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Xu J, Toprak A, Berenson GS. Relation of serum phosphorus levels to carotid intima-media thickness in asymptomatic young adults (from the Bogalusa Heart Study). Am J Cardiol 2010; 106:793-7. [PMID: 20816119 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2010] [Revised: 05/03/2010] [Accepted: 05/03/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Increased serum phosphorus has been associated with increased mortality from cardiovascular (CV) disease. However, information is scant regarding the influence of serum phosphorus within the normal range on vascular risk in subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic young adults. Serum phosphorus and other CV risk factor variables were measured in 856 white and 354 black subjects without known CV disease or renal disease. Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) was measured by B-mode ultrasonography. Significant race and gender differences were noted for serum phosphorus (blacks > whites) and carotid IMT (black women > white women; men > women). In bivariate analyses, serum phosphorus was correlated with carotid IMT (p <0.001), and smokers showed higher phosphorus levels than nonsmokers (p = 0.008). In multivariate regression analyses, carotid IMT was significantly associated with serum phosphorus (regression coefficient beta = 0.028, p <0.001) and smoking (beta = 0.032, p <0.001), adjusting for other CV risk factors and estimated glomerular filtration rate. In addition, a significant interaction effect of cigarette smoking and serum phosphorus on carotid IMT was noted, with a greater increasing trend of carotid IMT with phosphorus in smokers than in nonsmokers (p = 0.019 for interaction). In conclusion, serum phosphorus within the normal range is an important correlate of carotid IMT in asymptomatic young adults, with smoking potentiating this adverse association.
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Nambi V, Chambless L, Folsom AR, He M, Hu Y, Mosley T, Volcik K, Boerwinkle E, Ballantyne CM. Carotid intima-media thickness and presence or absence of plaque improves prediction of coronary heart disease risk: the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010; 55:1600-7. [PMID: 20378078 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 660] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2009] [Revised: 10/30/2009] [Accepted: 11/02/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We evaluated whether carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and the presence or absence of plaque improved coronary heart disease (CHD) risk prediction when added to traditional risk factors (TRF). BACKGROUND Traditional CHD risk prediction schemes need further improvement as the majority of the CHD events occur in the "low" and "intermediate" risk groups. On an ultrasound scan, CIMT and presence of plaque are associated with CHD, and therefore could potentially help improve CHD risk prediction. METHODS Risk prediction models (overall, and in men and women) considered included TRF only, TRF plus CIMT, TRF plus plaque, and TRF plus CIMT plus plaque. Model predictivity was determined by calculating the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC) adjusted for optimism. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate 10-year CHD risk for each model, and the number of subjects reclassified was determined. Observed events were compared with expected events, and the net reclassification index was calculated. RESULTS Of 13,145 eligible subjects (5,682 men, 7,463 women), approximately 23% were reclassified by adding CIMT plus plaque information. Overall, the CIMT plus TRF plus plaque model provided the most improvement in AUC, which increased from 0.742 (TRF only) to 0.755 (95% confidence interval for the difference in adjusted AUC: 0.008 to 0.017) in the overall sample. Similarly, the CIMT plus TRF plus plaque model had the best net reclassification index of 9.9% in the overall population. Sex-specific analyses are presented in the manuscript. CONCLUSIONS Adding plaque and CIMT to TRF improves CHD risk prediction in the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) study.
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- Vijay Nambi
- Section of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Nguyen QM, Srinivasan SR, Xu JH, Chen W, Berenson GS. Distribution and cardiovascular risk correlates of plasma soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 levels in asymptomatic young adults from a biracial community: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Ann Epidemiol 2010; 20:53-9. [PMID: 20006276 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2009] [Revised: 09/15/2009] [Accepted: 10/03/2009] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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PURPOSE That circulating soluble form of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) is associated with an increased risk for coronary artery disease is well recognized. However, information is scant regarding the distribution and cardiovascular (CV) risk correlates of sICAM-1 in asymptomatic young adults. METHODS Plasma sICAM-1 was measured in 1,184 black and white persons in the Bogalusa Heart Study cohort (70% white, 43% male), aged 24 to 44 years. CV risk was assessed in terms of CV risk factors, status of parental CV disease, and composite carotid intima-media thickness (IMT). RESULTS sICAM-1 levels displayed race difference (whites > blacks, p<0.0001), but no sex difference. In multivariate analysis including age, race, sex, smoking status, waist circumference, mean arterial pressure, low- and high-density lipoprotein (LDL and HDL) cholesterols, triglycerides, insulin resistance index, C-reactive protein (CRP), and adiponectin, the significant predictors of sICAM-1, in order of entry, were race (white > black), smoking, CRP, and waist circumference. Furthermore, there was a smoking by waist circumference interaction in that smoking attenuated the magnitude of correlation between waist circumference and sICAM-1. Levels of sICAM-1 adjusted for age, race, sex, and smoking increased with number of metabolic syndrome components (p for trend<0.01); positive family history of CV disease (p<0.05); and increased in composite carotid IMT specific for age, race, and sex (p for trend<0.05). CONCLUSION These findings underscore the potential value of plasma sICAM-1 as an additional biomarker for CV risk among asymptomatic young adults.
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- Quoc Manh Nguyen
- Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Le J, Zhang D, Menees S, Chen J, Raghuveer G. “Vascular Age” Is Advanced in Children With Atherosclerosis-Promoting Risk Factors. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2010; 3:8-14. [DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.109.880070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Joseph Le
- From the School of Medicine (J.L., S.M.) and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics (D.Z., J.C.), University of Missouri–Kansas City; and the Department of Pediatrics (G.R.), Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo
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- From the School of Medicine (J.L., S.M.) and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics (D.Z., J.C.), University of Missouri–Kansas City; and the Department of Pediatrics (G.R.), Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo
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- From the School of Medicine (J.L., S.M.) and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics (D.Z., J.C.), University of Missouri–Kansas City; and the Department of Pediatrics (G.R.), Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo
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- From the School of Medicine (J.L., S.M.) and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics (D.Z., J.C.), University of Missouri–Kansas City; and the Department of Pediatrics (G.R.), Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo
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- From the School of Medicine (J.L., S.M.) and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics (D.Z., J.C.), University of Missouri–Kansas City; and the Department of Pediatrics (G.R.), Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo
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Menees S, Zhang D, Le J, Chen J, Raghuveer G. Variations in carotid artery intima-media thickness during the cardiac cycle in children. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009; 23:58-63. [PMID: 19962856 DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is paucity of research looking at variations in carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) during the cardiac cycle in children. The aim of this study was to ascertain variations, if any, in CIMT during the cardiac cycle in a population of high-risk children. METHODS Forty-nine children aged 6 to 19 years with dyslipidemia and other atherosclerosis-promoting risk factors underwent a carotid ultrasound. CIMT was measured using commercially available, semiautomated edge-detection software. The region of interest was the far wall of the common carotid artery. CIMT was measured at various points during the cardiac cycle using the electrocardiogram (EKG) as a reference. CIMT measurements two frames before, during, and after the QRS complex (end diastole) were analyzed separately (designated as "QRS CIMT") from the other CIMT measurements (designated as "non-QRS CIMT"). Demographics, heart rate, blood pressure, anthropometric measures, lumen diameter, family history, and presence of other atherosclerosis-promoting risk factors were documented. RESULTS "QRS CIMT" was significantly thicker than "non-QRS CIMT" (P = .01), with the age group 10 to 14 years showing the most significant variation between "QRS CIMT" and "non-QRS CIMT" (P = .005). CIMT values between right and left carotid arteries differed by 2.5%. Age, systolic blood pressure, and blood glucose were significant predictors of mean CIMT by simple linear regression; systolic blood pressure was the only significant predictor of mean CIMT by stepwise multiple linear regression analysis. CONCLUSION CIMT measurements vary during the cardiac cycle in children. It is thicker during the QRS complex on EKG. Carotid ultrasound should be performed with an EKG, and CIMT should be measured at the same point on the EKG to overcome this variation. Furthermore, we recommend that CIMT be measured at the R-wave on EKG because this is an easily discernible point in the cardiac cycle.
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- Spencer Menees
- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Association between depression and intima-media thickness of carotid bulb in asymptomatic young adults. Am J Med 2009; 122:1151.e1-8. [PMID: 19958896 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2008] [Revised: 07/07/2009] [Accepted: 07/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although there is growing evidence that symptoms of depression influence the development of coronary artery disease, information on the underlying subclinical atherosclerotic process is scant in young adults. The study examined the association between symptoms of depression and subclinical atherosclerosis, determined by carotid intima-media thickness in asymptomatic young individuals. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed in Bogalusa, Louisiana, a semi-rural biracial (black-white) community. A sample of 996 individuals aged 24 to 44 years (71% were white and 43% were male) enrolled in the Bogalusa Heart Study. The variables included symptoms of depression measured by the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale; intima-media thickness of different segments of carotid artery by B-mode ultrasonography; measures of adiposity and glucose homeostasis, lipoproteins, and blood pressure; and cigarette smoking status. RESULTS Both the adjusted and the unadjusted associations between depression score and carotid bulb intima-media thickness were significant, whereas similar associations with internal carotid and common carotid thickness were nonsignificant. In the multivariable regression model, after adjusting for all covariates, a positive effect of depression scores (Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression score) and a negative effect of interaction between depression score ratio of total cholesterol (TC)/high-density lipoprotein (HDL) were significant. In a subgroup analysis (among individuals with a ratio of TC/HDL < or = 5) a positive effect of depression on carotid bulb intima-media thickness was significant, whereas the interaction between depression and ratio of TC/HDL was nonsignificant. In subsequent analysis, if individuals with a higher ratio of TC/HDL were included, both depression and negative interaction term were significant. CONCLUSION The observations show the detrimental effect of depression on subclinical vascular changes in asymptomatic young individuals. The findings underscore the need for considering depression in risk factor profiling. Further study is recommended to investigate the basis of a lower carotid bulb intima-media thickness among subjects with a high depression score and a high ratio of TC/HDL.
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Srinivasan SR, Wang R, Chen W, Wei CY, Xu J, Berenson GS. Utility of waist-to-height ratio in detecting central obesity and related adverse cardiovascular risk profile among normal weight younger adults (from the Bogalusa Heart Study). Am J Cardiol 2009; 104:721-4. [PMID: 19699351 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.04.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2009] [Revised: 04/19/2009] [Accepted: 04/19/2009] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Data on the utility of the waist-to-height ratio in detecting central obesity and related cardiovascular risk among normal weight younger adults are scant. This aspect was examined in 639 normal weight (body mass index 18.5 to 24.9 kg/m(2)) black and white adults (75% white and 36% men) 20 to 44 years old. The subjects with a waist-to-height ratio > or =0.5 were grouped as having central obesity normal weight, with the rest considered the control group. The subjects with central obesity, compared to the controls, after adjusting for age, race, and gender, had significantly greater diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, triglycerides, triglycerides/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, insulin, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, uric acid, C-reactive protein, and liver function enzymes (alanine aminotransferase and gamma-glutamyl transferase). On multivariate analysis, the central obesity group compared to the control group was 1.9, 2.2, 2.9, and 2.5 times more likely to have significantly adverse levels (top tertile vs the rest) of mean arterial pressure, triglycerides/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, and C-reactive protein, respectively. The central obesity group also had a greater prevalence of dyslipidemia, hypertension, insulin resistance, hyperuricemia, and elevated C-reactive protein. The age-, race-, and gender-adjusted mean value of the common carotid intima-media thickness, a measure of subclinical atherosclerosis, was greater in the central obesity group compared to the control group (0.76 vs 0.71 mm, p = 0.009). In conclusion, these findings underscore the utility of the waist-to-height ratio in detecting central obesity and related adverse cardiovascular risk among normal weight younger adults.
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- Sathanur R Srinivasan
- Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Yamagishi K, Folsom AR, Rosamond WD, Boerwinkle E. A genetic variant on chromosome 9p21 and incident heart failure in the ARIC study. Eur Heart J 2009; 30:1222-8. [PMID: 19329499 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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AIMS Recent studies showed that polymorphisms on chromosome 9p21 are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD), but few studies examined the association with heart failure (HF), stroke, or other subclinical atherosclerotic diseases. We tested the association of chromosome 9p21 polymorphisms with non-coronary atherosclerotic diseases. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 4018 African-American and 11 085 white participants from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, aged 45-64 at baseline (1987-89). We examined associations of rs10757274 and rs2383206 polymorphisms with incident HF through 2005 and ischaemic stroke through 2004, and with prevalent carotid atherosclerosis and peripheral artery disease (PAD) at baseline. The GG genotype of rs10757274 was associated with increased HF risk for whites. This association seemed independent of the established link between rs10757274 and clinical CHD, although an impact of rs10757274 on subclinical CHD leading to HF is not eliminated. Among whites, GG homozygotes were at weakly increased carotid atherosclerosis risk. There seemed to be no associations for ischaemic stroke or PAD. The results were essentially similar for rs2383206. CONCLUSION The GG genotype of rs10757274 on chromosome 9p21, which has been shown to increase CHD risk, is also associated with increased HF risk among whites. It is weakly or not associated with several other atherosclerosis outcomes.
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- Kazumasa Yamagishi
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA
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Magnussen CG, Venn A, Thomson R, Juonala M, Srinivasan SR, Viikari JSA, Berenson GS, Dwyer T, Raitakari OT. The association of pediatric low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol dyslipidemia classifications and change in dyslipidemia status with carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood evidence from the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns study, the Bogalusa Heart study, and the CDAH (Childhood Determinants of Adult Health) study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 53:860-9. [PMID: 19264243 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.09.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2008] [Revised: 09/29/2008] [Accepted: 09/29/2008] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study was designed to determine which of the National Cholesterol Education Program or National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol classifications of dyslipidemia status in adolescents is most effective at predicting high common carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) in adulthood. BACKGROUND Two classifications of pediatric dyslipidemia status have been proposed. No study has assessed which of these is most effective for predicting adolescents who will develop preclinical atherosclerosis in adulthood. METHODS Three population-based, prospective cohort studies collected lipoprotein measurements on 1,711 adolescents age 12 to 18 years who were remeasured as young adults age 29 to 39 years. Lipoproteins in adolescence were classified according to National Cholesterol Education Program and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey cut points, and high IMT in adulthood was defined as those at or above the age-, sex-, race-, and cohort-specific 90th percentile of IMT. RESULTS Independent of the classification employed, adolescents with dyslipidemia were at significantly increased risk of having high IMT in adulthood (relative risks from 1.6 to 2.5). Differences in predictive capacity between both classifications were minimal. Overweight or obese adolescents with dyslipidemia had increased carotid IMT (males: 0.11 mm; females: 0.08 mm) in adulthood compared with those who did not have both risk factors. Adolescent dyslipidemia status was more strongly associated with high IMT in adulthood than change in dyslipidemia status. CONCLUSIONS Pediatric dyslipidemia classifications perform equally in the prediction of adolescents who are at increased risk of high IMT in young adulthood. Our data suggest that dyslipidemia screening could be limited to overweight or obese adolescents.
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A cerebrovascular perspective of atherosclerosis. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2008. [PMID: 18790277 DOI: 10.1016/s0072-9752(08)01911-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Foley RN, Collins AJ, Ishani A, Kalra PA. Calcium-phosphate levels and cardiovascular disease in community-dwelling adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Am Heart J 2008; 156:556-63. [PMID: 18760141 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2008] [Accepted: 05/14/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Calcium-phosphate levels, linked to vascular dysfunction in chronic kidney disease, may represent novel risk factors for coronary heart disease, stroke, and death in community-dwelling adults. METHODS We tested this hypothesis over 12.6 years of follow-up in the prospective, community-based Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (n = 15,732). RESULTS At baseline, mean (SD) values were 9.8 (0.4) mg/dL for serum calcium, 3.4 (0.5) mg/dL for serum phosphate, 33.6 (5.3) mg(2)/dL(2) for calcium-phosphate product, 54.2 (5.7) years for age, and 93.1 (21.5) mL/min per 1.73 m(2) for glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Shared associations of calcium, phosphate, and calcium-phosphate product included older age, female sex, African American race, cigarette-years, current cigarette smoking, low body mass index, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, low serum albumin, low GFR, low caloric intake, and phosphorus intake. With adjustment for age, demographic characteristics, comorbid conditions, albumin, and GFR, calcium-associated hazards ratios for coronary heart disease, stroke, and death were, respectively, 1.01 (95% confidence interval 0.96-1.06), 1.16 (1.07-1.26, P = .0005), and 1.03 (0.98-1.08); phosphate-associated hazards ratios were 1.03 (0.98-1.08), 1.11 (1.02-1.21, P = .0219), and 1.14 (1.09-1.20, P < .0001); calcium-phosphate product-associated hazards ratios were 1.03 (0.98-1.08), 1.15 (1.05-1.26, P = .0017), and 1.15 (1.09-1.20, P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS Although calcium, phosphate, and calcium-phosphate product levels exhibit complex associations with traditional cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes, they may be potentially modifiable risk factors for stroke and death in community-dwelling adults.
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Bhuiyan AR, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Rice JC, Mock NB, Tang R, Bond MG, Boerwinkle E, Berenson GS. Interaction of G-protein beta3 subunit and nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms on carotid artery intima-media thickness in young adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Am J Hypertens 2008; 21:917-21. [PMID: 18551105 PMCID: PMC4348699 DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND G-protein beta3 subunit (GNB3) gene C825T and endothelial nitric oxide (eNOS) gene G894T polymorphisms both influence arterial structure and function. However, information is scant regarding the interaction of these genes on arterial wall thickness. METHODS This aspect was examined in 654 white and black subjects, aged 25-43 years (72.9% white, 39.3% male). Arterial wall thickness was assessed in terms of the average intima-media thickness (IMT) of common carotid, internal carotid, and carotid bulb segments by B-mode ultrasonography. RESULTS Frequencies of T allele of the GNB3 C825T polymorphism (0.718 vs. 0.304, P < 0.0001) and G allele of the eNOS G894T polymorphism (0.868 vs. 0.661, P < 0.0001) were higher in blacks compared to whites. In a multivariate model including gender, age, mean arterial pressure, body mass index, triglycerides/HDL cholesterol ratio, insulin resistance index, smoking, and/or race, there was no significant genotypic effect on carotid IMT with respect to GNB3 C825T or eNOS G894T polymorphisms among whites, blacks, and total sample. However, the carriers of TT genotype of the GNB3 C825T and T allele of the eNOS G894T had a significantly lower carotid IMT among blacks (P = 0.003) and the total sample (P = 0.006). CONCLUSION These results indicate that the genetic variations of the eNOS gene in combination with the GNB3 gene jointly influence carotid artery wall thickening process in young adults, especially in blacks.
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- Azad R. Bhuiyan
- Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Division of Vascular Ultrasound Research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; USA
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- Division of Vascular Ultrasound Research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; USA
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- Human Genetics Center and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Houston, Health Sciences Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Pankow JS, Boerwinkle E, Adams PC, Guallar E, Leiendecker-Foster C, Rogowski J, Eckfeldt JH. HFE C282Y homozygotes have reduced low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Transl Res 2008; 152:3-10. [PMID: 18593631 PMCID: PMC2587433 DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2008.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2008] [Revised: 05/23/2008] [Accepted: 05/23/2008] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Recent studies have raised questions about the long-term health risks for individuals with mutations in the HFE gene, although previous studies may have been plagued by selection bias or lack of population-based comparison groups. We examined cardiovascular disease risk factors and iron and liver biomarkers, as well as morbidity and mortality associated with the C282Y and H63D variants of HFE in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, which is a population-based cohort of nearly 16,000 U.S. white and black men and women who were 45-64 years old at baseline. Subjects were followed for an average of 15 years for death, incident coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart failure, and an average of 8 years for incident diabetes. The prevalence of C282Y homozygosity was 0.42% (45/10,800) in whites, which is similar to other North American population-based studies. C282Y homozygotes had significantly lower mean low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and fibrinogen as well as higher mean levels of iron (ferritin, transferrin saturation) and liver biomarkers (alanine aminotransferase, Hepascore) compared with HFE wild-type subjects. Rates of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes were similar across HFE genotypes. These prospective, population-based data indicate higher serum iron indices and possible mild liver dysfunction or disease in some C282Y homozygotes, but they provide little evidence that HFE C282Y or H63D mutations are related to all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, or diabetes. Reduced LDL in C282Y homozygotes may be because of effects of excess iron on cholesterol metabolism and lipoprotein formation in the liver.
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- James S Pankow
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn 55454, USA.
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Frontini MG, Srinivasan SR, Xu J, Tang R, Bond MG, Berenson GS. Usefulness of childhood non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels versus other lipoprotein measures in predicting adult subclinical atherosclerosis: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Pediatrics 2008; 121:924-9. [PMID: 18450895 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study sought to examine the usefulness of childhood non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level versus low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, triglyceride level, apolipoprotein B level, apolipoprotein A-I level, total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, and apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein A-I ratio in predicting adult excess carotid intima-media thickness, an indicator of subclinical atherosclerosis. METHODS This retrospective cohort study included 437 black and white subjects (70% white and 40% male) who participated in the Bogalusa Heart Study as children 5 to 17 years of age and as adults 16 to 19 years later. RESULTS In analyses of each lipoprotein measure as a risk factor for predicting excess carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, apolipoprotein B level, and apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein A-I ratio emerged as significant predictors, with respective odds ratios of 2.60, 2.95, 1.78, 1.44, and 1.69, after adjustment for childhood BMI, systolic blood pressure, other lipoprotein measures, and follow-up years; the odds ratios for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride, and apolipoprotein A-I levels were not significant. Regarding the discriminating value of different childhood lipoprotein measures in predicting excess carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood, analyses of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for each lipoprotein measure, adjusted for the aforementioned nonlipoprotein covariates, indicated that the value of 0.65 for the non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level was similar in magnitude to those for other lipoprotein measures, with values ranging from 0.62 to 0.66. CONCLUSIONS; Childhood non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels are as good as other lipoprotein measures in predicting subclinical atherosclerosis in adulthood, which has practical implications for coronary artery disease risk assessment and intervention in pediatric populations.
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- Maria G Frontini
- Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health, Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
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Volcik KA, Ballantyne CM, Braun MC, Coresh J, Mosley TH, Boerwinkle E. Association of the complement factor H Y402H polymorphism with cardiovascular disease is dependent upon hypertension status: The ARIC study. Am J Hypertens 2008; 21:533-8. [PMID: 18292760 PMCID: PMC2674647 DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2007.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Complement factor H (CFH) is a plasma protein that is essential in the regulation of the alternative complement pathway and has been implicated as taking part in complement inhibition in atherogenesis. We evaluated the association of the Y402H polymorphism with incident coronary heart disease (CHD), incident ischemic stroke, and carotid artery wall thickness (intima-media thickness (IMT)) in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort. METHODS Incident ischemic stroke and CHD were identified through annual telephone calls and hospital and death certificate surveillance. Carotid IMT was measured by means of high-resolution B-mode ultrasound. Four hundred eighty-three validated ischemic stroke and 1,544 CHD events were identified. Because of allele frequency differences between whites and African Americans, analyses were performed separately according to the racial group. RESULTS The 402HH homozygous genotype was a significant predictor of incident ischemic stroke in whites (hazard rate ratio (HRR) 1.47, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.05-2.05). Significant interaction effects between genotype and hypertension were observed for CHD in whites and for cIMT in whites and African Americans. In further analyses of incident CHD, genotypes carrying the 402H allele were a significant predictor of incident CHD in whites who had hypertension (402YH: HRR 1.19, 95% CI 1.01-1.40; 402HH: HRR 1.28, 95% CI 1.04-1.57). The 402H allele was also associated with higher cIMT measures for whites in the overall cohort, and for whites with hypertension. CONCLUSION The CFH 402H allele was associated with an increased risk for incident CHD and ischemic stroke in whites, with the strength and significance of the association dependent upon hypertension status.
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- Kelly A Volcik
- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
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Stein JH, Tzou WS, DeCara JM, Hirsch AT, Mohler ER, Ouyang P, Pearce GL, Davidson MH. Usefulness of increased skin cholesterol to identify individuals at increased cardiovascular risk (from the Predictor of Advanced Subclinical Atherosclerosis study). Am J Cardiol 2008; 101:986-91. [PMID: 18359319 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.11.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2007] [Revised: 11/13/2007] [Accepted: 11/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In patients with symptomatic coronary heart disease, skin cholesterol (SC) content is associated with the presence and extent of coronary artery disease; however, its relation to subclinical arterial disease in asymptomatic patients is unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the relations between SC and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in asymptomatic subjects across a wide range of cardiovascular risk. SC was measured using a noninvasive assay. CIMT and carotid plaque presence were determined by high-resolution B-mode ultrasound. Associations among SC, CIMT, carotid plaque presence, and cardiovascular risk factors were evaluated by multivariable logistic regression analyses. SC and CIMT were measured in 565 asymptomatic subjects (57 +/- 10 years of age, 38% women) from 6 sites in North America. The mean Framingham 10-year cardiovascular risk was 8.4 +/- 7.2%. A 10-U increase in SC was associated with a 12% increase in the odds of having increased CIMT (p = 0.006) and a 15% increase in carotid plaque presence (p = 0.002). Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) associated with SC >110 U were 2.19 (1.25 to 3.85, p = 0.006) for increased CIMT and 2.89 (1.61 to 5.19, p <0.001) for carotid plaque presence. In conclusion, SC identified the presence of advanced subclinical atherosclerosis. The relations among increasing SC, increasing CIMT, and carotid plaque presence were consistent across all levels of cardiovascular risk and were independent of cardiovascular risk factors. SC may be a useful test for cardiovascular risk prediction.
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Assimes TL, Knowles JW, Priest JR, Basu A, Volcik KA, Southwick A, Tabor HK, Hartiala J, Allayee H, Grove ML, Tabibiazar R, Sidney S, Fortmann SP, Go A, Hlatky M, Iribarren C, Boerwinkle E, Myers R, Risch N, Quertermous T. Common polymorphisms of ALOX5 and ALOX5AP and risk of coronary artery disease. Hum Genet 2008; 123:399-408. [PMID: 18369664 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-008-0489-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2008] [Accepted: 03/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Recent human genetic studies suggest that allelic variants of leukotriene pathway genes influence the risk of clinical and subclinical atherosclerosis. We sequenced the promoter, exonic, and splice site regions of ALOX5 and ALOX5AP and then genotyped 7 SNPs in ALOX5 and 6 SNPs in ALOX5AP in 1,552 cases with clinically significant coronary artery disease (CAD) and 1,583 controls from Kaiser Permanente including a subset of participants of the coronary artery risk development in young adults study. A nominally significant association was detected between a promoter SNP in ALOX5 (rs12762303) and CAD in our subset of white/European subjects (adjusted odds ratio per minor allele, log-additive model, 1.32; P = 0.002). In this race/ethnic group, rs12762303 has a minor allele frequency of 15% and is tightly linked to variation at the SP1 variable tandem repeat promoter polymorphism. However, the association between CAD and rs12762303 could not be reproduced in the atherosclerosis risk in communities study (hazard rate ratio per minor allele; 1.08, P = 0.1). Assuming a recessive mode of inheritance, the association was not significant in either population study but our power to detect modest effects was limited. No significant associations were observed between all other SNPs and the risk of CAD. Overall, our findings do not support a link between common allelic variation in or near ALOX5 or ALOX5AP and the risk of CAD. However, additional studies are needed to exclude modest effects of promoter variation in ALOX5 on the risk of CAD assuming a recessive mode of inheritance.
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- Themistocles L Assimes
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Measurement of carotid intima-media thickness to assess progression and regression of atherosclerosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 5:280-8. [PMID: 18332891 DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio1163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2006] [Accepted: 01/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Imaging modalities have been developed to assess atherosclerosis in vivo in the arterial wall because large clinical end-point studies are time-consuming and costly. Historically, in-hospital angiography and Doppler ultrasonography have been used to assess atherosclerosis development. Investigations of the arterial lumen are, however, increasingly being replaced by modalities that can measure changes in the arterial wall itself-intravascular ultrasonography, MRI and multislice CT. The fact that intravascular ultrasonography is invasive, CT involves substantial radiation exposure and requires contrast agents, and that MRI is time-consuming and technically challenging all limit the widespread use of these techniques. Moreover, all modalities have high associated costs. B-mode ultrasonographic imaging of the carotid arterial walls occupies a unique position in atherosclerosis research. This method enables sensitive, reproducible and noninvasive assessment of intima-media thickness (IMT) as a continuous variable. Epidemiological and clinical trial evidence as well as digitization and standardization have made carotid IMT a validated and accepted marker for generalized atherosclerosis burden and vascular disease risk. Here we describe the application of carotid IMT measurements as a tool in risk evaluation of individuals and in studies of atherosclerosis progression and regression.
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Use of Carotid Ultrasound to Identify Subclinical Vascular Disease and Evaluate Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Consensus Statement from the American Society of Echocardiography Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force Endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2008; 21:93-111; quiz 189-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1613] [Impact Index Per Article: 100.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Tzou WS, Douglas PS, Srinivasan SR, Bond MG, Tang R, Li S, Chen W, Berenson GS, Stein JH. Distribution and predictors of carotid intima-media thickness in young adults. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 10:181-9. [PMID: 17917514 DOI: 10.1111/j.1520-037x.2007.06450.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The authors' aim was to determine reference values and predictors for carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in the Bogalusa Heart Study. Carotid ultrasound images from 1203 young adults (mean age 36 years; 30% black, 43% male) were reviewed. Age-, sex-, and race-specific CIMT percentiles were estimated using multivariable regression. Nomograms of CIMT quartiles for persons aged 25 to 40 years are provided in 5-year increments. CIMT was thickest in the carotid bulb and increased linearly with age, most rapidly in the bulb. With age, composite CIMT increased most slowly in white women and more rapidly in white men and black women. Systolic blood pressure (P<.001) was the strongest predictor of composite CIMT. Male sex, total to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, and age independently predicted CIMT in all segments. This report may be used to help plan epidemiologic investigations and clinical trials investigating atherosclerosis and its changes with interventions.
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- Wendy S Tzou
- University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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