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Research Article| Volume 241, ISSUE 1, P176-182, July 2015

Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 and risk of incident cardiovascular disease in a multi-ethnic cohort: The multi ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Published:May 16, 2015DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.05.006
Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 and risk of incident cardiovascular disease in a multi-ethnic cohort: The multi ethnic study of atherosclerosis
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      Highlights

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        We evaluated associations of Lp-PLA2 and first-time cardiovascular events.
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        Participants comprised a multi-ethnic cohort characterized at baseline for subclinical disease.
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        Both Lp-PLA2 activity and mass were associated with incident cardiovascular events.
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        Associations of Lp-PLA2 activity were weaker in Chinese participants.
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        There was no confounding by subclinical atherosclerosis measures.

      Abstract

      Objective

      Prospective studies reporting a positive association of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) mass and activity with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) have included primarily white individuals. We evaluated associations of Lp-PLA2 and first-time cardiovascular events in a healthy multi-ethnic cohort characterized by presence or absence of baseline subclinical atherosclerosis.

      Methods

      Lp-PLA2 mass and activity were measured at baseline in 5456 participants in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Individuals were characterized for presence of baseline subclinical disease (coronary artery calcium score > 0 or carotid intima-media thickness value > 80th percentile) and followed prospectively for development of CVD events (coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke, and cardiovascular death).

      Results

      516 incident CVD events occurred over median follow-up of 10.2 years. In adjusted Cox proportional hazards models, each higher standard deviation of both Lp-PLA2 activity and mass was associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events; hazard ratios (HR; 95% confidence intervals (CI)) 1.12 (1.01–1.26) for Lp-PLA2 activity and 1.10 (1.01–1.21) for mass. Associations did not differ by subclinical disease status (p-value for interaction 0.99 for Lp-PLA2 activity and 0.32 for Lp-PLA2 mass) and there was no confounding by subclinical atherosclerosis measures. Associations of Lp-PLA2 activity but not mass were weaker in Chinese participants but there were relatively few events among Chinese in race-stratified analysis.

      Conclusion

      In this multi-ethnic cohort, Lp-PLA2 was positively associated with CVD risk, regardless of the presence of coronary artery calcium or a thickened carotid-intimal media.

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      Published online: May 16, 2015
      Accepted: May 13, 2015
      Received in revised form: April 10, 2015
      Received: December 19, 2014

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.05.006

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