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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION
卷 14, 期 2, 页码 222-229出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000230108.86147.40
关键词
atherosclerosis; asymmetric dimethylarginine; enclothelial dysfunction; risk factors; young adults
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL075774, R01 HL63685] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [P01 AI50153] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [P01 AG18784] Funding Source: Medline
Background Normal endothelial function depends on nitric oxide (NO) release by endothelial cells. Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), by competing with L-arginine, inhibits NO production and may lead to endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerotic development. Our aim was to ascertain the association between ADMA and coronary artery calcification (CAC), a marker of atherosclerotic coronary disease burden. Design A nested case-control study within the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) cohort, an observational study among young adults residing in four US cities. Methods Participants were 263 white and black male and female cases with the presence of CAC and 263 sex and race-matched controls without evidence of CAC by, computed tomography, 33-47 years old in 2000-2001. Results The median level (range) of ADMA was significantly higher in cases (0.55; 0.20-2.22 mu mol/l) than in controls (0.53; 0.32-1.30 mu mol/l; P=0.03). In conditional logistic regression adjusting for age, field center, educational attainment, smoking status, alcohol consumption, body mass index, waist circumference, hypertension, diabetes, low-density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, triglycerides, renal function and C-reactive protein, the highest tertile of ADMA, compared with the lowest tertile, was associated with 1.80 (95% confidence interval 1.03-3.15) increased odds of the presence of any CAC. By linear regression, a significant independent relationship was also found between ADMA and the degree of CAC. Conclusion These results support a role for ADMA as a biochemical marker of CAC.
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