Title |
Elevated serum interleukin-6 is predictive of coronary artery disease in intermediate risk overweight patients referred for coronary angiography
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Published in |
Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, September 2017
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DOI | 10.1186/s13098-017-0266-5 |
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Authors |
Marco V. Wainstein, Márcio Mossmann, Gustavo N. Araujo, Sandro C. Gonçalves, Gabriela L. Gravina, Marlei Sangalli, Francine Veadrigo, Roselene Matte, Rejane Reich, Fernanda G. Costa, Michael Andrades, Antônio Marcos V. da Silva, Marcello C. Bertoluci |
Abstract |
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) plays a central role in atherosclerosis and inflammation. It may improve risk prediction in patients at intermediate cardiovascular risk. To analyze the impact of serum IL-6 in predicting early angiographic coronary artery disease in patients at intermediate cardiovascular risk with chest pain. In a cross-sectional study, patients referred for coronary angiography due to suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) were included. Coronary artery disease was defined as the presence of at least 30% stenosis in one or more coronary artery. Severity of CAD was classified by the anatomic burden score. Performance of serum IL-6 assay was compared with ACC/AHA atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk score and hs-CRP through receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. We have included 48 patients with a mean 10-year ASCVD risk of 10.0 ± 6.8%. The prevalence of CAD was 72.9%. The presence of CAD was associated with higher mean levels of IL-6 (p = 0.025). Patients with CAD had significantly more overweight than subjects without CAD. In 27% of patients, IL-6 was >1.0 pg/mL and 100% of these patients had CAD, while only 64% in those with IL-6 <1.0 pg/mL, corresponding to a positive predictive value of 100% (p = 0.015). The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of IL-6, hs-CRP and ASCVD were respectively 0.72, 0.60 and 0.54. Intermediate risk patients with IL-6 >1.0 pg/mL were further reclassified into ASCVD high risk due to the presence of coronary lesions. In intermediate risk patients referred for coronary angiography, a serum IL-6 level above 1 pg/mL is predictive of significant CAD. IL-6 determination may be useful to reclassify ASCVD intermediate risk patients into higher risk categories. |
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