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ArticleClinical cardiology2023

A realistic approach to evaluating the effect of baseline lipid profile in postcoronary artery bypass grafting surgery.

Ali Sheikhy, Aida Fallahzadeh, Saeed Sadeghian, Mina Pashang, Abbas Ali Karimi, Jamshid Bagheri, Hossein Ahmadi-Tafti, Kaveh Hosseini

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Article in Clinical cardiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Ali SheikhyCardiac Primary Prevention Research Center, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0358-4406
Aida FallahzadehCardiac Primary Prevention Research Center, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4641-0980
Saeed SadeghianCardiac Primary Prevention Research Center, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mina PashangCardiac Primary Prevention Research Center, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abbas Ali KarimiCardiac Primary Prevention Research Center, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Jamshid BagheriCardiac Primary Prevention Research Center, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hossein Ahmadi-TaftiCardiac Primary Prevention Research Center, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Kaveh HosseiniCardiac Primary Prevention Research Center, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5676-3099
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere are still many uncertainties in the association between lipid profile and postcoronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) outcomes. Although simplifying the association to linear equations makes it understandable but cannot explain many findings. HYPOTHESIS: There is a nonlinear associatin between lipid profile indices and adverse outcomes after CABG.

methodsA total of 17 555 patients who underwent isolated CABG between 2005 and 2016 were evaluated. During the median follow-up of 75.24 months, the Restricted Cubic Splines (RCS) estimated from the Cox regression model adjusted for all possible confounders was applied to show a nonlinear relationship of lipid profile contents with the "ln hazard ratio" of mortality and major cerebro-cardiac events (MACCE).

resultsThe relationship between LDL-C and HDL-C with all-cause mortality was nonlinear (nonlinear p were .004 and <.001, respectively). The relationship between remnant cholesterol and all-cause mortality was linear (linearity p = .023). Among men, those in the highest LDL-C level (Q4, LDL-C > 114) and those in the lowest HDL-C level (Q1, HDL-C < 30) showed a significantly higher risk of all-cause mortality compared to other groups (compared with Q3, LDL-C Q4, HR = 1.16, 95% confidence interval [CI]:1.02-1.26, p = .014; HDL-C Q1, HR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.01-1.31, p = .041). Female patients in the lowest HDL-C level (Q1, HDL-C < 30) showed a significantly higher (compared with Q3, HR = 1.14, 95% CI:1.01-1.31, p = .028) and those in the highest HDL-C level (Q4, HDL-C > 43) showed a significantly lower (compared with Q3, HR = 0.74, 95% CI:0.58-0.98, p = .019) risk of all-cause mortality.

conclusionDetermining a universal cut off for components of lipid profile may be misleading and should better be revised. Extreme values (very low or very high) for HDL-C and LDL-C have different effects on cardiovascular outcomes.

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ArteriesCholesterolCholesterol, HDLCholesterol, LDLFemaleHumansMaleRisk FactorsCholesterolCholesterol, HDLCholesterol, LDLCoronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)HDLLDLlipid profileremnant cholesterolRestricted Cubic Splines (RCS)

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