TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of endothelial and oxidative stress with metabolic syndrome and subclinical atherosclerosis
T2 - Multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
AU - Vaidya, D.
AU - Szklo, M.
AU - Cushman, M.
AU - Holvoet, P.
AU - Polak, J.
AU - Bahrami, H.
AU - Jenny, N. S.
AU - Ouyang, P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by contracts N01-HC-95159 through N01-HC-95169 from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. We thank the other investigators, the staff and the participants of the MESA study for their valuable contributions. A full list of participating MESA investigators and institutions can be found at http://www.mesa-nhlbi.org. In addition, DV was supported by UL1 RR 025005 from the National Center for Research Resources, and funding for PH was provided by the Interuniversitaire Attractiepolen Programma of the Belgian Federal Government (P06/30) and the Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (OT/06/56).
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Background/Objectives:A cluster of metabolic abnormalities termed metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with vascular endothelial dysfunction and oxidative internal milieu. We examined whether the association of MetS with subclinical atherosclerosis is explained by biomarkers of endothelial damage and oxidative stress.Subjects/Methods:Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) is a population-based study of 45- to 84-year-old individuals of four US ethnicities without clinical cardiovascular disease. A random sample of 997 MESA participants had data on the following biomarkers: von Willebrand factor, soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1), CD40 ligand (CD40L), soluble thrombomodulin, E-selectin and oxidized LDL (oxLDL). We examined whether the associations of MetS with B-mode ultrasound-defined common and internal carotid intimal-medial thickness (IMT) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) measured using computerized tomography were explained by the biomarkers using multiple regression methods.Results:MetS was associated with higher levels of each of the biomarkers (P0.001, CD40L-suggestive association P0.004), with greater IMT (P0.001), and with greater extent of CAC in those in whom CAC was detectable (P0.01). The association of MetS with measures of subclinical atherosclerosis remained unchanged after adjustment for the biomarkers. After adjusting for MetS, oxLDL was suggestively associated with greater prevalence of detectable CAC (P0.005) and thicker internal carotid IMT (P0.002), whereas sICAM-1was significantly associated with greater prevalence of detectable CAC (P0.001).Conclusions:The association of MetS with subclinical atherosclerosis was independent of its association with biomarkers of endothelial damage and oxidative stress, suggesting that metabolic abnormalities and oxidative endothelial damage may lead to atherosclerotic disease through distinct mechanisms.
AB - Background/Objectives:A cluster of metabolic abnormalities termed metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with vascular endothelial dysfunction and oxidative internal milieu. We examined whether the association of MetS with subclinical atherosclerosis is explained by biomarkers of endothelial damage and oxidative stress.Subjects/Methods:Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) is a population-based study of 45- to 84-year-old individuals of four US ethnicities without clinical cardiovascular disease. A random sample of 997 MESA participants had data on the following biomarkers: von Willebrand factor, soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1), CD40 ligand (CD40L), soluble thrombomodulin, E-selectin and oxidized LDL (oxLDL). We examined whether the associations of MetS with B-mode ultrasound-defined common and internal carotid intimal-medial thickness (IMT) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) measured using computerized tomography were explained by the biomarkers using multiple regression methods.Results:MetS was associated with higher levels of each of the biomarkers (P0.001, CD40L-suggestive association P0.004), with greater IMT (P0.001), and with greater extent of CAC in those in whom CAC was detectable (P0.01). The association of MetS with measures of subclinical atherosclerosis remained unchanged after adjustment for the biomarkers. After adjusting for MetS, oxLDL was suggestively associated with greater prevalence of detectable CAC (P0.005) and thicker internal carotid IMT (P0.002), whereas sICAM-1was significantly associated with greater prevalence of detectable CAC (P0.001).Conclusions:The association of MetS with subclinical atherosclerosis was independent of its association with biomarkers of endothelial damage and oxidative stress, suggesting that metabolic abnormalities and oxidative endothelial damage may lead to atherosclerotic disease through distinct mechanisms.
KW - biomarkers
KW - carotid arteries
KW - coronary artery atherosclerosis
KW - metabolic syndrome
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U2 - 10.1038/ejcn.2011.47
DO - 10.1038/ejcn.2011.47
M3 - Article
C2 - 21505504
AN - SCOPUS:85027956237
VL - 65
SP - 818
EP - 825
JO - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
JF - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
SN - 0954-3007
IS - 7
ER -