Prognostic Role of Neutrophil to High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio for All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in the General Population

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

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Ming Jiang¹  Jinyu Sun¹  Huayiyang Zou¹  Menghuan Li¹  Zhenyang Su²  Wei Sun¹  Xiangqing Kong¹ 

[1] Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University;Department of Cardiology, The Medical School of Southeast University;Gusu School, Nanjing Medical University

关键词: neutrophil;    high-density lipoprotein cholesterol;    all-cause mortality;    cardiovascular mortality;    NHANES;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fcvm.2022.807339

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background Neutrophil counts to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHR), a composite marker of inflammation and lipid metabolism, has been considered as a predictor of clinical outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke and acute myocardial infarction. However, the predictive value of NHR for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the general population remains unclear. Methods Our study population comprised 34,335 adults in the United States obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) (1999–2014) and were grouped in accordance with tertiles of NHR. Kaplan–Meier curves and log-rank test were used to investigate the differences of survival among groups. Multivariate Cox regression, restricted cubic spline analysis, and subgroup analysis were applied to explore the relationship of NHR with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Results The mean age of the study cohort was 49.6 ± 18.2 years and 48.4% were men. During a median follow-up of 82 months, 4,310 (12.6%) all-cause deaths and 754 (2.2%) cardiovascular deaths occurred. In a fully-adjusted Cox regression model, participants in the highest tertile had 29% higher hazard of all-cause mortality than those in the lowest tertile [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.29, 95% CI : 1.19–1.41]. For cardiovascular mortality, the continuously increased HR with 95% CI s among participants in the middle and highest tertile were 1.30 (1.06–1.59) and 1.44 (1.17–1.78), respectively. The restricted cubic spline curve indicated that NHR had a non-linear association with all-cause mortality ( p for non-linearity < 0.001) and a linear association with cardiovascular mortality ( p for non-linearity = 0.553). Conclusion Increased NHR was a strong and independent predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the general population.

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