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Multicenter Study
. 2016 Jun 27;5(6):e003371.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003371.

Inflammatory Markers Associated With Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease: The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study

Hossein Bahrami  1 , Matthew Budoff  2 , Sabina A Haberlen  3 , Pantea Rezaeian  2 , Kerunne Ketlogetswe  3 , Russell Tracy  4 , Frank Palella  5 , Mallory D Witt  6 , Michael V McConnell  7 , Lawrence Kingsley  6 , Wendy S Post  8
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Multicenter Study

Inflammatory Markers Associated With Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease: The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study

Hossein Bahrami et al. J Am Heart Assoc. .

Abstract

Background: Despite evidence for higher risk of coronary artery disease among HIV+ individuals, the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. We investigated associations of inflammatory markers with subclinical coronary artery disease in 923 participants of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (575 HIV+ and 348 HIV- men) who underwent noncontrast computed tomography scans for coronary artery calcification, the majority (n=692) also undergoing coronary computed tomography angiography.

Methods and results: Outcomes included presence and extent of coronary artery calcification, plus computed tomography angiography analysis of presence, composition, and extent of coronary plaques and severity of coronary stenosis. HIV+ men had significantly higher levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), intercellular adhesion molecule-1, C-reactive protein, and soluble-tumor necrosis factor-α receptor (sTNFαR) I and II (all P<0.01) and a higher prevalence of noncalcified plaque (63% versus 54%, P=0.02) on computed tomography angiography. Among HIV+ men, for every SD increase in log-interleukin-6 and log intercellular adhesion molecule-1, there was a 30% and 60% increase, respectively, in the prevalence of coronary stenosis ≥50% (all P<0.05). Similarly, sTNFαR I and II in HIV+ participants were associated with an increase in prevalence of coronary stenosis ≥70% (P<0.05). Higher levels of interleukin-6, sTNFαR I, and sTNFαR II were also associated with greater coronary artery calcification score in HIV+ men (P<0.01).

Conclusions: Higher inflammatory marker levels are associated with greater prevalence of coronary stenosis in HIV+ men. Our findings underscore the need for further study to elucidate the relationships of inflammatory pathways with coronary artery disease in HIV+ individuals.

Keywords: HIV; HIV infection; atherosclerosis; cardiac biomarkers; cardiac computed tomography; coronary artery calcium; coronary artery disease; coronary computed tomography scan; epidemiology; inflammation.

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Prevalence of coronary artery stenosis (≥50%) on CT scan with quartiles of inflammatory markers in HIV‐infected men and all participants in the MACS study. CT indicates computed tomography; IL‐6, interleukin‐6; MACS, Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study; TNFαR II, tumor necrosis factor α receptor II.
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