Abstract

Background and aimsIn Portugal, The Azores Archipelago has the highest standardized mortality rate for CAD. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate conventional risk factors, as well as plasma and erythrocyte aminothiol concentration in high-risk Azorean patients undergoing elective coronary angiography and to investigate whether any aminothiol was associated with CAD risk and severity. Methods and results174 subjects with symptomatic CAD (age 56±9y; 68% men) submitted to coronary angiography were split into 2 groups: one formed by CAD patients (≥50% stenosis in at least one major coronary vessel) and the other by non-CAD patients (<50% stenosis). Both groups were age-, sex- and BMI-matched. Plasma and erythrocyte aminothiol profiles were evaluated by RP-HPLC/FLD.CAD patients significantly exhibited both higher concentrations of plasma Cys and hypercysteinemia (Cys ≥ 300 μM) prevalence than those in the non-CAD group (261 ± 58 μM vs. 243 ± 56 μM; 22% vs. 10%, respectively). No differences were observed between groups regarding plasma Hcy levels or hyperhomocysteinemia prevalence. After adjustment for several confounders (including Hcy), subjects in the highest quartile of plasma Cys had a 3.31 (95% CI, 1.32–8.30, p = 0.011) fold risk for CAD, compared with those in the lowest quartiles. Furthermore, plasma Cys levels (but not Hcy) tended to increase with the number of stenotic vessels (1VD: 253 ± 64 μM; 2VD: 262 ± 52 μM; 3VD: 279 ± 57 μM, p = 0.129). ConclusionHypercysteinemia revealed to be a better predictor of CAD than hyperhomocysteinemia. Moreover, plasma Cys showed to be a useful biomarker for CAD both in primary and secondary preventions, seeming to resist better than Hcy to oral medication therapy.

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