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Prospective study of circulating soluble CD40 ligand concentrations and the incidence of cardiovascular disease in a nested prospective case-control study of older men and women

Jefferis, BJ; Whincup, PH; Welsh, P; Wannamethee, SG; Rumley, A; Lawlor, DA; Ebrahim, S; (2011) Prospective study of circulating soluble CD40 ligand concentrations and the incidence of cardiovascular disease in a nested prospective case-control study of older men and women. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis , 9 (8) 1452 - 1459. 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04415.x. Green open access

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Abstract

Background: CD40 ligand(CD40L) is implicated in atherosclerotic plaque formation. Objectives: We investigated prospective associations between circulating soluble CD40L and myocardial infraction (MI) or stroke in an older general population cohort, accounting for established and novel cardiovascular risk factors. Methods: Baseline serum CD40L (sCD40L) was measured in incident MI (n = 368) and stroke (n = 304) cases and two controls per case, 'nested' in prospective UK studies of 4252 men and 4286 women aged 60-79 years, sampled from general practices in Britain in 1998-2000, with 7-year follow-up for fatal and non-fatal MI and stroke. Results: sCD40L was higher in smokers and negatively associated with lung function and positively associated with total cholesterol and markers of inflammation, but not with other established cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Geometric mean sCD40L levels did not differ between MI cases and controls (5.94 ng mL(-1) vs. 5.82 ng mL(-1); P = 0.5) or between stroke cases and controls (5.61 ng mL(-1) vs. 5.28 ng mL(-1), P = 0.1). There was no strong evidence for elevated risk of MI or stroke in multivariable models comparing participants in the top to those in the bottom third of sCD40L. Age-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) were 1.39 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.98, 1.96] for MI and 1.16 (0.78, 1.73) for stroke. These attenuated to 1.24 (95% CI 0.86, 1.79) and 1.18 (0.78, 1.78), respectively, after adjustment for established and novel CVD risk factors. Conclusions: sCD40L is associated with other inflammatory markers but is not itself a strong independent risk marker for either stroke or MI.

Type: Article
Title: Prospective study of circulating soluble CD40 ligand concentrations and the incidence of cardiovascular disease in a nested prospective case-control study of older men and women
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04415.x
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04415.x
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: CD40, coronary heart disease, epidemiology, myo -cardial infarction, prospective study, stroke
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Primary Care and Population Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1315119
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