期刊
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
卷 195, 期 2, 页码 E135-E141出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.04.049
关键词
Rheumatoid arthritis; Osteoprotegerin; Atherosclerosis; Coronary calcification; Cardiovascular disease
资金
- National Institutes of Health [HL 67964, HL 04012, GM5 M01-RR00095]
Osteoprotegerin (OPG), a soluble decoy receptor for receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand, is implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have inflammation and increased atherosclerosis. We examined the hypothesis that OPG concentrations are increased in patients with RA and are associated with coronary-artery atherosclerosis. Serum OPG concentrations were measured by ELISA and coronary-artery calcification by electron-beam computer tomography in 157 patients with RA and 87 control subjects. OPG concentrations were higher in patients with long-standing RA (n = 67) [median (interquartile range)]: [1895 (1337-2847) pg/mL, and early RA (n = 90): [1340 (1021-1652) pg/mL, than controls 1068 (692-1434) pg/mL; (p < 0.001)]. In patients with RA, OPG concentrations were associated with erythrocyte sedimentation rate (p < 0.001), homocysteine (p = 0.001), disease duration (p = 0.02), coronary calcium score (p = 0.03), and cumulative dose of corticosteroids (p = 0.04) after adjustment for age and sex. In patients with long-standing RA, OPG was associated with coronary-artery calcification independently of cardiovascular risk factors and disease activity [OR for every increase in 500 pg/mL of OPG = 2.22 (1.43-3.34), p < 0.001]. In conclusion, OPG concentrations are increased in patients with RA and are associated with inflammation. In patients with long-standing disease, OPG is independently associated with coronary-artery calcification. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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