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Butyrylcholinesterase Predicts Cardiac Mortality in Young Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Source :
- Sulzgruber, Patrick, Lorenz Koller, Thomas Reiberger, Feras El-Hamid, Stefan Forster, David-Jonas Rothgerber, Georg Goliasch, Johann Wojta, and Alexander Niessner. 2015. “Butyrylcholinesterase Predicts Cardiac Mortality in Young Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.” PLoS ONE 10 (5): e0123948. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123948. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123948.
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science, 2015.
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Abstract
- Background: The incidence of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in young people (≤65 years) is continuously rising. While prognostic factors in ACS are well-investigated less attention has been paid to their age-dependent prognostic value and their particular relevance in younger patients. The aim of our study was to assess the age-dependent prognostic impact of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE). Methods: Retrospective cohort study including 624 patients with ACS. Patients were stratified by age into equal groups (n = 208) corresponding to “young patients” (45–64 years), "middle-aged patients” (65–84 years) and “old patients” (85–100 years). Cox regression hazard analysis was used to assess the influence of BChE on survival. Results: After a mean follow-up time of 4.0 (interquartile range [IQR] 2.0–6.4) years, 154 patients (24.7%) died due to a cardiac cause. In the overall cohort, BChE was indirectly associated with cardiac mortality-free survival (adjusted hazard ratio (HR): 0.70 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.53–0.93, p = 0.01). The primary-analysis of BChE by age strata showed the strongest effect in the age group 45–64 years with an adjusted HR per 1-SD of 0.28 (95% CI 0.12–0.64, p = 0.003), a weaker association with mortality in middle aged (65–84 years: adjusted HR per 1-SD 0.66 [95% CI: 0.41–1.06], p = 0.087), and no association in older patients (85–100 years: adjusted HR per 1-SD 0.89 [95% CI: 0.58–1.38], p = 0.613). Conclusion: BChE is a strong predictor for cardiac mortality specifically in younger patients with ACS aged between 45 and 64 years. No significant association of BChE with cardiac-mortality was detected in other age classes.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Database :
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH)
- Journal :
- Sulzgruber, Patrick, Lorenz Koller, Thomas Reiberger, Feras El-Hamid, Stefan Forster, David-Jonas Rothgerber, Georg Goliasch, Johann Wojta, and Alexander Niessner. 2015. “Butyrylcholinesterase Predicts Cardiac Mortality in Young Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.” PLoS ONE 10 (5): e0123948. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123948. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123948.
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edshld.1.16121076
- Document Type :
- Journal Article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123948