Relations of plasma total TIMP-1 levels to cardiovascular risk factors and echocardiographic measures:: the Framingham heart study
Relations of plasma total TIMP-1 levels to cardiovascular risk factors and echocardiographic measures:: the Framingham heart study
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ehj.2004.05.029
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发表时间:
2004-09-01
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39.3
通讯作者:
Vasan, RS
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作者:
Sundström, J;Evans, JC;Vasan, RS
Aims Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) is a key regulator of extracellular matrix degradation. We examined relations of plasma total TIMP-1 to cardiovascular risk factors and echocardiographic Left ventricular (LV) structure and function in a community-based sample.Methods and results We studied 1069 Framingham Heart Study participants (mean age 56 years, 58% women) free of heart failure and previous myocardial infarction. Plasma TIMP-1 was higher in men compared with women, and increased with age, body mass index and total/HDL-cholesterol ratio, but decreased with alcohol intake. plasma TIMP-1 was also directly related to smoking, diabetes and use of anti-hypertensive treatment. Adjusting for age, sex and height, plasma TIMP-1 was positively associated with LV mass, watt thickness, relative watt thickness, end-systolic diameter, and left atrial diameter and the risk of having increased LV end-diastolic diameter or increased wall thickness, and negatively correlated with fractional shortening. Additional adjustment for clinical covariates attenuated the relations of plasma TIMP-1 to most echocardiographic measures.Conclusions In our cross-sectional investigation, plasma total TIMP-1 was related to major cardiovascular risk factors and to indices of LV hypertrophy and systolic dysfunction. This raises the possibility that cardiovascular risk factors may influence cardiovascular remodelling via extracellular matrix degradation, which may be reflected in plasma TIMP-1 levels. (C) 2004 The European Society of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.