›› 2012, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (5): 349-351.

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The changes and clinical significance of serum visfatin and adiponectin levels in patients with coronary heart disease

  

  1. 1.Department of Clinical Laboratory,the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Henan Weihui 453100,China;2. Graduate Department,Xinxiang Medical University,Henan Xinxiang 453003,China
  • Received:2012-04-05 Revised:2012-04-15 Online:2012-05-30 Published:2012-05-10

Abstract: Objective To investigate the relationship of serum visfatin, adiponectin and coronary heart disease with C reactive protein (CRP) and its possible mechanism.   Methods A total of 270 patients with coronary heart disease confirmed by coronary angiography were enrolled. According to clinical manifestations, they were classified into 3 groups:stable angina pectoris (SAP) group (125 cases), unstable angina pectoris (UAP) group (109 cases) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) group (36 cases). Another 20 healthy subjects were as control group. The serum visfatin and adiponectin levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The levels of CRP, total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), fasting glucose (FPG), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine (Cr) were also determined. The multiple correlation analysis method was used to analyze the correlation of visfatin and adiponectin with other indices.  Results In the coronary heart disease group, CRP and serum visfatin levels were significantly higher than those in control group(P<0.01). The serum adiponectin level was lower than that of control group (P<0.01). In AMI group, UAP group and SAP group, CRP, serum visfatin and adiponectin were statisically significant (P< 0.05). The multiple correlation analysis showed that serum visfatin was positively correlated with CRP, TG and LDL-C (r=0.929,0.756 and 0.793, P<0.001). The serum visfatin was negatively correlated with adiponectin and HDL-C (r=-0.351 and -0.699,P<0.001). The serum adiponectin was negatively correlated with CRP, TG and LPL-C (r=-0.873,-0.639 and -0.799, P<0.001), and was positively correlated with HDL-C (r=0.681,P<0.001).  Conclusions Serum visfatin and adiponectin may be risk factors for coronary heart disease, and they may interact with CRP,and be involved in the occurrence and development of coronary heart disease.

Key words: C reactive protein, Adiponectin, Visfatin, Coronary heart disease