篇名 | Association between Circulating Omentin-1 Levels and Aortic Valve Sclerosis |
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卷期 | 38:5 |
作者 | Mustafa Dogdus 、 Ferhat Dindas 、 Yusuf Cekici 、 Arafat Yildirim 、 Mehmet Kucukosmanoglu 、 Nermin Yildiz Koyunsever 、 Ozge Ozcan Abacioglu 、 Salih Kilic |
頁次 | 584-590 |
關鍵字 | Aortic valve sclerosis 、 Biomarker 、 Omentin-1 、 MEDLINE 、 Scopus 、 SCIE |
出刊日期 | 202209 |
DOI | 10.6515/ACS.202209_38(5).20220314A |
Background: Aortic valve sclerosis (AVS) is characterized by thickening of the valve leaflets accompanied by increased echogenicity and calcification without significant limitations in valve movements. Omentin-1 is a glycoprotein of the adiponectin family released from visceral adipose tissue, and it can be used as a biomarker of atherosclerosis, obesity, and metabolic syndrome. No studies have demonstrated any relationship between AVS and omentin-1 in the literature. We aimed to explore the association of serum omentin-1 levels with AVS.
Methods: Eighty-six patients with AVS and 92 age- and sex-matched controls were enrolled into the study. The baseline clinical characteristics of the patients were recorded. Conventional 2-dimensional echocardiography was performed. Omentin-1 levels were measured.
Results: The mean omentin-1 level was significantly lower in the AVS (+) group compared to the control group (78.16 ± 44.95 vs. 163.57 ± 59.84 ng/mL, p < 0.001). Omentin-1 [odds ratio (OR) = 3.45, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.88-5.39, p < 0.001,] and LDL-C (OR = 1.82, 95% CI = 1.33-2.16, p = 0.015) were found to be independent predictors of AVS in multivariate logistic regression analysis. An omentin-1 level of < 92.45 ng/mL had 90.5% sensitivity and 71.4% specificity for the prediction of AVS (area under curve: 0.697, p < 0.001).
Conclusions: Our results indicated that a lower omentin-1 level was associated with an increased risk of AVS. We suggest that omentin-1 could be used as a treatment target as well as to predict AVS.