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ABSTRACT: Background
Despite many recent advances in medicine, preventing the development of cardiovascular diseases remains a challenge. Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) is a marker of ongoing myocardial damage and has been reported to be a useful indicator for future cardiovascular events. However, it remains to be determined whether H-FABP can predict all-cause and cardiovascular deaths in the general population.Methods and results
This longitudinal cohort study included 3,503 subjects who participated in a community-based health checkup with a 7-year follow-up. Serum H-FABP was measured in registered subjects. The results demonstrated that higher H-FABP levels were associated with increasing numbers of cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and metabolic syndrome. There were 158 deaths during the follow-up period, including 50 cardiovascular deaths. Deceased subjects had higher H-FABP levels compared to surviving subjects. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis revealed that H-FABP is an independent predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular deaths after adjustments for confounding factors. Subjects were divided into four quartiles according to H-FABP level, and Kaplan-Meier analysis demonstrated that the highest H-FABP quartile was associated with the greatest risks for all-cause and cardiovascular deaths. Net reclassification index and integrated discrimination index were significantly increased by addition of H-FABP to cardiovascular risk factors.Conclusions
H-FABP level was increased in association with greater numbers of cardiovascular risk factors and was an independent risk factor for all-cause and cardiovascular deaths. H-FABP could be a useful indicator for the early identification of high-risk subjects in the general population.
SUBMITTER: Otaki Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4029574 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Otaki Yoichiro Y Watanabe Tetsu T Takahashi Hiroki H Hirayama Atushi A Narumi Taro T Kadowaki Shinpei S Honda Yuki Y Arimoto Takanori T Shishido Tetsuro T Miyamoto Takuya T Konta Tsuneo T Shibata Yoko Y Fukao Akira A Daimon Makoto M Ueno Yoshiyuki Y Kato Takeo T Kayama Takamasa T Kubota Isao I
PloS one 20140521 5
<h4>Background</h4>Despite many recent advances in medicine, preventing the development of cardiovascular diseases remains a challenge. Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) is a marker of ongoing myocardial damage and has been reported to be a useful indicator for future cardiovascular events. However, it remains to be determined whether H-FABP can predict all-cause and cardiovascular deaths in the general population.<h4>Methods and results</h4>This longitudinal cohort study included 3 ...[more]