Zi-Wen Zhao1, Yin-Gang Ren2, Jun Liu2. 1. Department of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou. 2. Department of Geriatrics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xian, P.R. China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Adropin is a peptide hormone expressed in coronary artery endothelial cells, which plays a potential endothelial protective role. We sought to assess whether serum adropin levels are correlated with the coronary slow flow phenomenon (CSFP). METHODS: We enrolled 82 patients with angiographically confirmed CSFP and 184 age-matched controls. Serum adropin levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and coronary flow rate was assessed using thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) frame count (TFC). CSFP was defined as a corrected TIMI-TFC greater than two standard deviations from the normal range. RESULTS: Serum adropin levels were significantly lower in the CSFP patients (n = 82) than in the controls (n = 184) (4.03 ± 1.99 vs. 4.86 ± 1.88 ng/ml, p = 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that serum adropin was the only independent negative predictor of CSFP (odds ratio 0.758, 95% confidence interval 0.647-0.888, p = 0.001). Serum adropin levels were independently and negatively correlated with mean TFC (r = -0.387, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated that decreased serum adropin levels were independently associated with the presence and severity of angiographically proven CSFP. These findings suggest that serum adropin may be a potential biomarker to provide valuable information regarding the prediction of CSFP.
BACKGROUND: Adropin is a peptide hormone expressed in coronary artery endothelial cells, which plays a potential endothelial protective role. We sought to assess whether serum adropin levels are correlated with the coronary slow flow phenomenon (CSFP). METHODS: We enrolled 82 patients with angiographically confirmed CSFP and 184 age-matched controls. Serum adropin levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and coronary flow rate was assessed using thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) frame count (TFC). CSFP was defined as a corrected TIMI-TFC greater than two standard deviations from the normal range. RESULTS: Serum adropin levels were significantly lower in the CSFP patients (n = 82) than in the controls (n = 184) (4.03 ± 1.99 vs. 4.86 ± 1.88 ng/ml, p = 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that serum adropin was the only independent negative predictor of CSFP (odds ratio 0.758, 95% confidence interval 0.647-0.888, p = 0.001). Serum adropin levels were independently and negatively correlated with mean TFC (r = -0.387, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated that decreased serum adropin levels were independently associated with the presence and severity of angiographically proven CSFP. These findings suggest that serum adropin may be a potential biomarker to provide valuable information regarding the prediction of CSFP.
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