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- Title
Negative association of apelin plasma levels with epicardial fat thickness in patients with stable angina and acute myocardial infarction: A case--control study.
- Authors
Babapour, Behzad; Doustkami, Hossein; Avesta, Leli; Kiamehr, Peyman; Aslani, Mohammad Reza
- Abstract
Background: Apelin is one of the endogenous peptides that play a key role in the homeostasis of cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the correlation between apelin levels and epicardial fat thickness (EFT) in patients with stable angina and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Materials and Methods: In a case--control study, 90 patients nominated for angiography were enrolled in the study and divided into three groups: healthy subjects without angiographic findings (Con), stable angina pectoris group (SAP), and acute AMI group. Data collected from all subjects included biochemical, echocardiographic, and angiographical parameters. The Gensini score analyzed the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD). Results: A decrease in adjusted apelin levels was evident in the AMI and SAP groups compared with healthy individuals (for both P < 0.001), especially in the AMI group. In addition, a detectable negative association was identified between apelin and Gensini score (r = -0.288, P = 0.006), Ck-MB (r = -0.300, P = 0.004), EFT (r = -0.300, P = 0.004), and troponin-T (r = -0.288, P = 0.006). Conclusion: Myocardial injury in patients with CAD appears to play a significant role in apelin concentration independent of the role of adipose tissue, which requires further studies.
- Subjects
IRAN; MYOCARDIAL infarction complications; ANGINA pectoris; RISK assessment; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); TROPONIN; DATA analysis; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; RESEARCH funding; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; CREATINE kinase; MYOCARDIAL injury; GROWTH factors; CASE-control method; ANALYSIS of variance; STATISTICS; EPICARDIAL adipose tissue; COMPARATIVE studies; CORONARY artery disease; DATA analysis software; CORONARY angiography; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2024, Vol 29, p1
- ISSN
1735-1995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/jrms.jrms_478_22