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CIRCULATION JOURNAL
Volume 83, Issue 5, Pages 1032-1038Publisher
JAPANESE CIRCULATION SOC
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-18-1175
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Coronary artery disease; Elaidic acid; Target lesion revascularization; Trans-fatty acid
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [JP18K08073]
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Background: Trans-fatty acid (TFA) intake increases the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). Our previous cross-sectional survey showed that middle-aged patients with CAD in Japan have elevated serum TFA. In this study, we longitudinally investigated whether elevated TFA is a risk factor in the secondary prevention of CAD for the same-age patients. Methods and Results: A total of 112 patients (age, 21-66 years) who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention were followed up for up to 2 years. Serum elaidic acid was measured using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry as a marker of TFA intake and divided into quartiles. The primary endpoint was ischemia-driven target lesion revascularization (TLR). The hazard ratio (HR) for TLR increased significantly with higher serum elaidic acid (P<0.01). The significant positive trend remained unchanged after adjusting for conventional lipid profile and bare-metal stent usage. In contrast, although triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were positively correlated with elaidic acid, they were not associated with TLR. On multivariable Cox proportional hazard analysis, elevated elaidic acid was independently associated with TLR risk after adjusting for conventional coronary risks (HR, 10.7, P<0.01). Conclusions: Elevated elaidic acid is associated with higher TLR rate in middle-aged patients with CAD, suggesting that excessive TFA intake is becoming a serious health problem in Japan.
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