Correlation among soluble markers and severity of disease in non-diabetic subjects with pre-mature coronary artery disease

Nitin Mahajan, Namita Malik, Ajay Bahl, Yashpaul Sharma, Veena Dhawan

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Abstract

Studies are lacking in literature, which demonstrate the cumulative impact of certain soluble markers in predicting the severity of CAD. Serum hsCRP, MMP-9, TIMP-1 and sRAGE levels were measured in non-diabetic 100 angiographically proven CAD patients (Group I) and 40 non-diabetic subjects with coronary risk factors and without any lesions (Group II). Increased levels of serum hsCRP, MMP-9, TIMP-1 and decreased levels of sRAGE were observed in Group I as compared to Group II. Gensini score, a measure for severity of CAD was found to be positively correlated with serum hsCRP, MMP-9, TIMP-1 and negatively with sRAGE. Multivariate analysis revealed serum MMP-9, hsCRP, sRAGE and family history as predictors of severity of CAD with a cumulative sensitivity and specificity of 92% and 82%, respectively. Cumulative impact of these soluble markers, in addition to the established markers will contribute to improve the predictive value for the assessment of disease severity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)201-209
Number of pages9
JournalMolecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Volume330
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Gensini score
  • MMP-9
  • Pre-mature CAD
  • SRAGE
  • TIMP-1

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