Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
J Clin Lipidol. 2020 Jan-Feb;14(1):109-121.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2019.11.005. Epub 2019 Nov 29.
Discordant levels of apolipoprotein B (apo B) relative to low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) or non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) may be associated with subclinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).
The present study investigated whether discordance between apo B and LDL-C or non-HDL-C levels was associated with subclinical ASCVD measured by coronary artery calcium (CAC).
This study was conducted in a subpopulation of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort, aged 45 to 84 years, free of ASCVD, and not taking lipid-lowering medications at the baseline (2000-2002) (prevalence analytic N = 4623; incidence analytic N = 2216; progression analytic N = 3947). Apo B discordance relative to LDL-C and non-HDL-C was defined using residuals and percentile rankings (>5/10/15 percentile). Associations with prevalent and incident CAC (CAC > 0 vs CAC = 0) were assessed using prevalence ratio/relative risk regression and CAC progression (absolute increase/year) using multinomial logistic regression.
Higher apo B levels were associated with CAC prevalence, incidence, and progression. Apo B discordance relative to LDL-C or non-HDL-C was inconsistently associated with CAC prevalence and progression. Discordantly high apo B relative to LDL-C and non-HDL-C was associated with CAC progression. Associations for apo B discordance with non-HDL-C remained after further adjustment for metabolic syndrome components.
Apo B was associated with CAC among adults aged ≥45 years not taking statins, but provided only modest additional predictive value of apo B for CAC prevalence, incidence, or progression beyond LDL-C or non-HDL-C. Apo B discordance may still be important for ASCVD risk assessment and further research is needed to confirm findings.
载脂蛋白 B(apoB)与低密度脂蛋白胆固醇(LDL-C)或非高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(non-HDL-C)水平不一致可能与亚临床动脉粥样硬化性心血管疾病(ASCVD)有关。
本研究旨在探讨apoB 与 LDL-C 或 non-HDL-C 水平不一致与冠状动脉钙(CAC)测量的亚临床 ASCVD 之间的关系。
该研究在动脉粥样硬化多民族研究(MESA)队列的亚人群中进行,年龄在 45 至 84 岁之间,无 ASCVD 病史,且基线时(2000-2002 年)未服用降脂药物(流行率分析 N=4623;发生率分析 N=2216;进展分析 N=3947)。使用残差和百分位排名(>5/10/15 百分位)定义 apoB 与 LDL-C 和 non-HDL-C 不一致的情况。使用患病率比/相对风险回归评估与 CAC 流行率和发生率(CAC>0 与 CAC=0)的相关性,使用多项逻辑回归评估 CAC 进展(每年绝对增加)。
apoB 水平较高与 CAC 流行率、发生率和进展有关。apoB 与 LDL-C 或 non-HDL-C 不一致与 CAC 流行率和进展不一致相关。与 LDL-C 和 non-HDL-C 相比,apoB 水平不一致与 CAC 进展相关。在进一步调整代谢综合征成分后,apoB 与 non-HDL-C 不一致的相关性仍存在。
apoB 与未服用他汀类药物的年龄≥45 岁成年人的 CAC 相关,但与 LDL-C 或 non-HDL-C 相比,apoB 对 CAC 流行率、发生率或进展的预测价值仅略有增加。apoB 不一致对于 ASCVD 风险评估仍很重要,需要进一步研究证实这些发现。