Systemic inflammation is higher in peripheral artery disease than in stable coronary artery disease.

Rein, Philipp; Saely, Christoph H; Silbernagel, Günther; Vonbank, Alexander; Mathies, Rainer; Drexel, Heinz; Baumgartner, Iris (2015). Systemic inflammation is higher in peripheral artery disease than in stable coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis, 239(2), pp. 299-303. Elsevier 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.01.021

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OBJECTIVE

The knowledge on the level of systemic inflammation in peripheral artery disease (PAD) is less well established than that in coronary artery disease (CAD). Systemic inflammation frequently coincides with atherosclerosis, but also with various traits of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). The individual contribution of CAD, PAD, and the MetS to inflammation is not known.

METHODS

We enrolled a total of 1396 patients, 460 patients with PAD Fontaine stages IIa-IV verified by duplex ultrasound (PAD group) and 936 patients free of limb claudication undergoing coronary angiography, of whom 507 had significant CAD with coronary stenoses ≥50% (CAD group), and 429 did not have significant CAD at angiography (control group).

RESULTS

C-reactive protein (CRP) was significantly higher in the PAD than in the CAD or in the control group (0.86 ± 1.85 mg/dl versus 0.44 ± 0.87 mg/dl and 0.39 ± 0.52 mg/dl, respectively, p < 0.001 for both comparisons). These significant differences were confirmed when patients with and subjects without the MetS were analyzed separately. In particular, within the PAD group, CRP was significantly higher in patients with the MetS than in subjects without the MetS (1.04 ± 2.01 vs. 0.67 ± 1.64 mg/dl; p = 0.001) and both, the presence of PAD and the MetS proved to be independently associated with CRP in analysis of covariance (F = 31.84; p < 0.001 and F = 10.52; p = 0.001, respectively).

CONCLUSION

Inflammatory activity in PAD patients is higher than in CAD patients and is particularly high in PAD patients affected by the MetS. Low grade systemic inflammation is independently associated with both the MetS and PAD.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Angiology

UniBE Contributor:

Silbernagel, Günther, Baumgartner, Iris

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0021-9150

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Catherine Gut

Date Deposited:

19 Mar 2015 10:45

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:40

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.01.021

PubMed ID:

25682027

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Coronary artery disease, High density lipoprotein cholesterol, Inflammation, Metabolic syndrome, Peripheral artery disease

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.63362

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/63362

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