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. 2011 Nov 19:10:215.
doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-10-215.

Lipid-related residual risk and renal function for occurrence and prognosis among patients with first-event acute coronary syndrome and normal LDL cholesterol

Kuo-Liong Chien  1 , Hung-Ju Lin, Hsiu-Ching Hsu, Ming-Fong Chen
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Lipid-related residual risk and renal function for occurrence and prognosis among patients with first-event acute coronary syndrome and normal LDL cholesterol

Kuo-Liong Chien et al. Lipids Health Dis. .

Abstract

Background: We investigated relationship of low levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), high levels of triglycerides, and renal function for the odds, prognosis and survival following acute coronary events among patients with a first event and normal low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.

Results: A case-control study based on 557 patients and 1086 matched control subjects was conducted. Case patients were followed up for survival with a median of 1.9 years. Participants in the higher quintiles of HDL-C had lower odds to develop acute coronary events (the adjusted odds ratios were 0.24 for the second, 0.24 for the third, 0.10 for the fourth and 0.05 for the fifth quintile). Patients with normal glomerular filtration rate were at a lower risk for all-cause death. However, a reverse association between triglycerides and death risk was found: patients with higher triglycerides were at a lower risk for all-cause death (adjusted relative risk, 0.38 for triglycerides ranging from 82 to 132.9 mg/dL, and 0.14 for triglycerides > = 133 mg/dL).

Conclusions: Low HDL-C was significantly associated with acute coronary events, and triglyceride levels as well as renal function were inversely related to all-cause deaths after the coronary event.

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Figure 1
Relationship between HDL-C concentrations and the risk of acute coronary syndrome event (left) and all-cause death after event (right). The multivariate adjusted relative risks were plotted as a function of the baseline HDL-C value with the 95% confidence bands shown as the shaded area.
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Figure 2
Relationship between triglyceride concentrations and the risk of acute coronary syndrome event (left) and all-cause death after event (right). The multivariate adjusted relative risks were plotted as a function of the baseline triglyceride value with the 95% confidence bands shown as the shaded area.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Relationship between glomerular filtration rates and the risk of acute coronary syndrome event (left) and all-cause death after event (right). The multivariate adjusted relative risks were plotted as a function of the baseline glomerular filtration rate with the 95% confidence bands shown as the shaded area.
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