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ArticleReviews in cardiovascular medicine2026

Lymphocyte-To-Monocyte Ratio is Partially Mediated in Age-Related Cardiovascular Mortality in HFpEF: Immunosenescence, Inflamm-Aging, and Longevity.

Xiaojie Cai, Menghui Liu, Chong Feng, Sanhua Tang, Peng Qin, Yubin Li, Teng Wang, Lixiang He, Jiangjie Lei, Yi Zhou and 3 more

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Xiaojie CaiDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8103-6934
Menghui LiuDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Chong FengDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9213-3777
Sanhua TangDepartment of Cardiology, Liuzhou Municipal Liutie Central Hospital, 545000 Liuzhou, Guangxi, China.
Peng QinDepartment of Cardiology, People's Hospital of Wuzhou, 543000 Wuzhou, Guangxi, China.
Yubin LiDepartment of Cardiology, Deqing People's Hospital, 526000 Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China.
Teng WangDepartment of Cardiology, The Second People's Hospital of Changzhi, 046000 Changzhi, Shanxi, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5406-9475
Lixiang HeDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8196-5183
Jiangjie LeiDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7218-4701
Yi ZhouDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3941-4343
Yue GuoDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5841-276X
Xiaodong ZhuangDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Xinxue LiaoDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

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Abstract

Background: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is recognized as an aging-related clinical syndrome with high mortality, from which systemic inflammation could represent a primary culprit. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the association between the lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), a systemic inflammation marker, and clinical outcomes, and to explore the mediation effect of the LMR in the relationship between age and mortality for HFpEF. Methods: Participants in the Real-world Data of Cardiometabolic ProtEcTion trial (RED-CARPET) trial were categorized into tertiles based on the recorded LMRs. We employed Cox regression analyses to explore the relationship between the LMR and mortality, as well as mediation analyses to determine whether the LMR serves as a mediator between aging and mortality. Results: A total of 1274 inpatients with HFpEF were enrolled between May 2015 and December 2023. After a median follow-up period of 4.9 years, there were 166 recorded deaths, of which 82 were due to cardiovascular causes. In the third model, each one-unit increase in standard deviation (SD) for age was correlated with a 1.98-fold increase in the risk of overall mortality (95% confidence interval (CI), 1.66-2.35) and a 1.73-fold increase in the risk of death due to cardiovascular disease (95% CI, 1.36-2.21). Compared to patients in the first tertile of the LMR, those in the third tertile exhibited a lower risk of death (hazard ratio (HR) 0.42; 95% CI (0.27-0.65)) and cardiovascular death (HR 0.23; 95% CI (0.12-0.46)). Mediation analyses indicated that the LMR partially mediated the relationship between age and cardiovascular mortality in patients with HFpEF, with a mediation proportion of 17.9% (95% CI (7.2%-36%); Conclusions: The LMR may serve as a marker for mortality and is implicated in the mediation of age-related cardiovascular death in patients with HFpEF. This study offers a cost-effective predictor for HFpEF and suggests potential mechanisms related to immunosenescence and inflammation-related aging (inflamm-aging).

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ageheart failure with preserved ejection fractionimmunosenescenceinflamm-aginglymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio

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