Okamura T, Sekikawa A, Sawamura T, Kadowaki T, Barinas-Mitchell E, Mackey RH, Kadota A, Evans RW, Edmundowicz D, Higashiyama A, Nakamura Y, Abbott RD, Miura K, Fujiyoshi A, Fujita Y, Murakami Y, Miyamatsu N, Kakino A, Maegawa H, Murata K, Horie M, Mitsunami K, Kashiwagi A, Kuller LH, Ueshima H. LOX-1 ligands containing apolipoprotein B and carotid intima-media thickness in middle-aged community-dwelling US Caucasian and Japanese men.
Atherosclerosis 2013;
229:240-5. [PMID:
23683938 PMCID:
PMC3691341 DOI:
10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.04.023]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
The serum level of LOX-1 ligand containing ApoB (LAB) may reflect atherogenicity better than LDL cholesterol (LDLC), total LDL particles and usual measurement of oxidized LDL. The association between LAB and intima-media thickness (IMT) of carotid artery was investigated by ultrasound in US and Japan men.
METHODS
Participants were 297 US Caucasian and 310 Japanese men, aged 40-49 years without past history of cardiovascular disease. Serum LAB levels were measured by ELISAs with recombinant LOX-1 and monoclonal anti-apolipoprotein B antibody.
RESULTS
Serum LAB levels [median (interquartile range), μg/L] were 1321 (936, 1730) in US Caucasians and 940 (688, 1259) in Japanese. For Caucasian men, average IMT was higher in higher LAB quartile, which was 0.653, 0.667, 0.688, and 0.702 mm, respectively (p for trend = 0.02). Linear regression analysis showed serum LAB was significantly associated with IMT after adjustment for LDLC or total LDL particles in addition to other traditional or novel risk factors for atherosclerosis such as C-reactive protein. However, there was no significant relationship between LAB and IMT in Japanese men.
CONCLUSION
Serum LAB, a new candidate biomarker for residual risk, was associated with an increased carotid IMT in US Caucasian men independently of various risk factors; however, ethnic difference should be clarified in the future.
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