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- Title
Long-term association of routine blood count (Coulter) variables on fatal coronary heart disease: 30-year results from the first prospective Northwick Park Heart Study (NPHS-I).
- Authors
Pizzi, Costanza; De Stavola, Bianca L.; Meade, Tom W.
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Since evidence of a long-term association between routine blood count (Coulter) variables and coronary heart disease (CHD) is inconsistent, the authors analysed white blood cell count (WBC), red blood cell count (RBC), haemoglobin (Hgb), packed cell volume (PCV) and platelet count for their long-term associations with CHD mortality in the first Northwick Park Heart Study (NPHS-I). NPHS-I has follow-up information for >30 years on 2167 White men and 941 White women and holds entry and follow-up data on haematological variables and other known CHD risk factors.<bold>Methods: </bold>Proportional hazards Cox models were fitted to estimate rate ratios (RRs) for the separate and joint effects of entry and follow-up Coulter variables.<bold>Results: </bold>Entry RBC, PCV and Hgb were significant risk factors for CHD mortality after adjustment for gender but only PCV remained significant after adjustment for potential confounders [RR per 1 standard deviation (SD) increase = 1.17, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.00-1.37]. This effect was partly reduced when the values of 6 years were analysed (RR per 1 SD increase = 1.10, 95% CI 0.93-1.30). No significant gender, smoking or age/time interactions were identified. PCV was the only significant predictor when all Coulter variables were studied jointly.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>PCV was found to predict CHD mortality even after controlling for classical risk factors. This may give some insight into possible mechanisms, such as an influence on thrombin production.
- Subjects
CORONARY disease; COULTER Brook (Poem); PROPORTIONAL hazards models; MATHEMATICAL variables; BLOOD cell count; MORTALITY; ERYTHROCYTES; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPARATIVE studies; HEALTH behavior; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH; EVALUATION research; LEUKOCYTE count
- Publication
International Journal of Epidemiology, 2010, Vol 39, Issue 1, p256
- ISSN
0300-5771
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/ije/dyp245