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SynthesisArchivos de cardiologia de Mexico2023

Importance of so called "novel cardiovascular risk factors" in severity of coronary artery calcification; how serious they should be taken: a systematic review and metaanalysis.

Aryan Naghedi, Hamidreza Varastehravan, Hasan Haghaninejad, Arvin Naghedi, Nima Farshadi

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Synthesis in Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aryan NaghediFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Hamidreza VarastehravanDepartment of Cardiology, Yazd Cardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Hasan HaghaninejadDepartment of Cardiology, Yazd Cardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Arvin NaghediDepartment of Mathematics, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.
Nima FarshadiFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services · IRYazd University · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases are among important causes of death. Atherosclerosis is an important etiology for coronary artery diseases in which coronary artery calcification plays a principal role. Recently novel cardiovascular risk factors in coronary calcification are under attention. In this study, we investigated possible association between novel cardiovascular risk factors and coronary calcification. This is a prospectively registered systematic review and meta-analysis in PROSPERO and was performed in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. Medical databases were searched. Primary papers were screened and studies reporting our outcomes of interest were selected for data extraction. Quantitative data syntheses were performed using Comprehensive Meta-analysis Ver.3. In this study, 5252 papers were screened and finally 28 papers including 31241 patients underwent data extraction. Based on our findings, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (8 out of 10), red cell distribution width (r = 0.250, p < 0.0001), and interleukin 6 (odds ratio [OR]: 1.101 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.001-1.210], p = 0.047) were associated with severity of coronary calcification while C-reactive protein (one out of eight) was not associated with coronary calcification. Results of lymphocyte/monocyte ratio (r = -0.120, p < 0.001), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (OR: 1.47 [95% CI: 0.89-2.41, p = 0.124]), and MPV (r = 0.017, p = 0.814 vs. OR: 1.91 [95% CI: 1.28-2.85, p = 0.002]) remained controversial due to few number of included studies or contrary results. We can conclude that neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, red cell distribution width, and interleukin-6 are significantly associated with coronary calcification and C-reactive protein is not significantly associated with severity of coronary calcification. Our results about mean platelet volume, platelet/lymphocyte ratio, and lymphocyte/monocyte ratio are not reliable and require further investigations.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesCoronary Artery DiseaseC-Reactive ProteinHeart Disease Risk FactorsHumansRisk FactorsC-Reactive ProteinAtherosclerosisCoronary artery diseaseInflammationMetaanalysisRisk factorsSystematic review

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PMID36634706
PMCPMC10161817
OpenAlexW4315777218

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