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The association of lipoprotein(a) and intraplaque neovascularization in patients with carotid stenosis: a retrospective study
BACKGROUND: Lipoprotein(a) is genetically determined and increasingly recognized as a major risk factor for arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. We examined whether plasma lipoprotein(a) concentrations were associated with intraplaque neovascularization (IPN) grade in patients with carotid steno...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8190836/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34107870 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-02038-x |
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author | Xia, Shuang Qiu, Weida Cai, Anping Kong, Bo Xu, Lan Wu, Zejia Li, Liwen |
author_facet | Xia, Shuang Qiu, Weida Cai, Anping Kong, Bo Xu, Lan Wu, Zejia Li, Liwen |
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description | BACKGROUND: Lipoprotein(a) is genetically determined and increasingly recognized as a major risk factor for arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. We examined whether plasma lipoprotein(a) concentrations were associated with intraplaque neovascularization (IPN) grade in patients with carotid stenosis and in terms of increasing plaque susceptibility to haemorrhage and rupture. METHODS: We included 85 patients diagnosed with carotid stenosis as confirmed using carotid ultrasound who were treated at Guangdong General Hospital. Baseline data, including demographics, comorbid conditions and carotid ultrasonography, were recorded. The IPN grade was determined using contrast-enhanced ultrasound through the movement of the microbubbles. Univariate and multivariate binary logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the association between lipoprotein(a) and IPN grade, with stepwise adjustment for covariates including age, sex, comorbid conditions and statin therapy (model 1), total cholesterol, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol calculated by Friedwald's formula, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein A and apolipoprotein B (model 2), maximum plaque thickness and total carotid maximum plaque thickness, degree of carotid stenosis and internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion (model 3). RESULTS: Lipoprotein(a) was a significant predictor of higher IPN grade in binary logistic regression before adjusting for other risk factors (odds ratio [OR] 1.238, 95% confidence interval [CI] (1.020, 1.503), P = 0.031). After adjusting for other risk factors, lipoprotein(a) still remained statistically significant in predicting IPN grade in all model. (Model 1: OR 1.333, 95% CI 1.074, 1.655, P = 0.009; Model 2: OR 1.321, 95% CI 1.059, 1.648, P = 0.014; Model 3: OR 1.305, 95% CI 1.045, 1.628, P = 0.019). Lp(a) ≥ 300 mg/L is also significantly related to IPN compare to < 300 mg/L (OR 2.828, 95% CI 1.055, 7.580, P = 0.039) as well as in model 1, while in model 2 and model 3 there are not significant difference. CONCLUSIONS: Plasma lipoprotein(a) concentrations were found to be independently associated with higher IPN grade in patients with carotid stenosis. Lowering plasma lipoprotein(a) levels may result in plaque stabilization by avoiding IPN formation. |
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spelling | pubmed-81908362021-06-10 The association of lipoprotein(a) and intraplaque neovascularization in patients with carotid stenosis: a retrospective study Xia, Shuang Qiu, Weida Cai, Anping Kong, Bo Xu, Lan Wu, Zejia Li, Liwen BMC Cardiovasc Disord Research BACKGROUND: Lipoprotein(a) is genetically determined and increasingly recognized as a major risk factor for arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. We examined whether plasma lipoprotein(a) concentrations were associated with intraplaque neovascularization (IPN) grade in patients with carotid stenosis and in terms of increasing plaque susceptibility to haemorrhage and rupture. METHODS: We included 85 patients diagnosed with carotid stenosis as confirmed using carotid ultrasound who were treated at Guangdong General Hospital. Baseline data, including demographics, comorbid conditions and carotid ultrasonography, were recorded. The IPN grade was determined using contrast-enhanced ultrasound through the movement of the microbubbles. Univariate and multivariate binary logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the association between lipoprotein(a) and IPN grade, with stepwise adjustment for covariates including age, sex, comorbid conditions and statin therapy (model 1), total cholesterol, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol calculated by Friedwald's formula, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein A and apolipoprotein B (model 2), maximum plaque thickness and total carotid maximum plaque thickness, degree of carotid stenosis and internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion (model 3). RESULTS: Lipoprotein(a) was a significant predictor of higher IPN grade in binary logistic regression before adjusting for other risk factors (odds ratio [OR] 1.238, 95% confidence interval [CI] (1.020, 1.503), P = 0.031). After adjusting for other risk factors, lipoprotein(a) still remained statistically significant in predicting IPN grade in all model. (Model 1: OR 1.333, 95% CI 1.074, 1.655, P = 0.009; Model 2: OR 1.321, 95% CI 1.059, 1.648, P = 0.014; Model 3: OR 1.305, 95% CI 1.045, 1.628, P = 0.019). Lp(a) ≥ 300 mg/L is also significantly related to IPN compare to < 300 mg/L (OR 2.828, 95% CI 1.055, 7.580, P = 0.039) as well as in model 1, while in model 2 and model 3 there are not significant difference. CONCLUSIONS: Plasma lipoprotein(a) concentrations were found to be independently associated with higher IPN grade in patients with carotid stenosis. Lowering plasma lipoprotein(a) levels may result in plaque stabilization by avoiding IPN formation. BioMed Central 2021-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8190836/ /pubmed/34107870 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-02038-x Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Xia, Shuang Qiu, Weida Cai, Anping Kong, Bo Xu, Lan Wu, Zejia Li, Liwen The association of lipoprotein(a) and intraplaque neovascularization in patients with carotid stenosis: a retrospective study |
title | The association of lipoprotein(a) and intraplaque neovascularization in patients with carotid stenosis: a retrospective study |
title_full | The association of lipoprotein(a) and intraplaque neovascularization in patients with carotid stenosis: a retrospective study |
title_fullStr | The association of lipoprotein(a) and intraplaque neovascularization in patients with carotid stenosis: a retrospective study |
title_full_unstemmed | The association of lipoprotein(a) and intraplaque neovascularization in patients with carotid stenosis: a retrospective study |
title_short | The association of lipoprotein(a) and intraplaque neovascularization in patients with carotid stenosis: a retrospective study |
title_sort | association of lipoprotein(a) and intraplaque neovascularization in patients with carotid stenosis: a retrospective study |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8190836/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34107870 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-02038-x |
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