Soluble P-selectin predicts lower extremity peripheral artery disease incidence and change in the ankle brachial index: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Christina L. Wassel, Cecilia Berardi, James S. Pankow, Nicholas B. Larson, Paul A. Decker, Naomi Q. Hanson, Michael Y. Tsai, Michael H. Criqui, Matthew A. Allison, Suzette J. Bielinski

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Abstract

Objective: To determine the association of circulating P-selectin with prevalent and incident peripheral artery disease (PAD), the ankle brachial index (ABI), and change in the ABI. Methods: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) is a prospective population-based cohort study including 6814 European descent, African American, Hispanic and Chinese men and women aged 45-84 at baseline. Four clinical exams took place after the baseline exam. After excluding those with ABI>1.4, prevalent and incident PAD were defined as an ABI≤0.90. ABI progression was defined as progression from a normal ABI (0.91-1.4) to abnormal (≤0.90 or >1.4) at a later exam. Results: In adjusted models, each SD (13ng/mL) higher P-selectin was significantly associated with 0.007 lower ABI (95% CI ((-0.011,-0.004)), p<0.001), and an average change in the ABI of-0.006 ((-0.010,-0.003, p<0.001). P-selectin was significantly associated with a 1.17-fold greater odds of prevalent PAD ((1.02, 1.33), p=0.03), and a 30% greater risk of incident PAD ((1.11, 1.53), p=0.001), as well as progression from a normal ABI to an ABI≤ 0.90 (p=0.003), but not to an ABI>1.4 (p=0.96). Addition of P-selectin to models containing traditional PAD risk factors and markers of inflammation/coagulation significantly improved the net reclassification for ABI progression (p=0.03), but was only marginally significant for incident PAD (p=0.06). Conclusions: P-selectin is significantly associated with the development of PAD. However, further research is needed in population-based studies to confirm prospective associations of P-selectin with incident PAD and change in the ABI, as well as its potential predictive ability.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)405-411
Number of pages7
JournalAtherosclerosis
Volume239
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2015

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health via MESA contracts, N01 HC 95159 , N01 HC 95160 , N01 HC 95161 , N01 HC 95162 , N01 HC 95163 , N01 HC 95164 , N01 HC 95165 , N01 HC 95166 , N01 HC 95167 , N01 HC 95168 , N01 HC 95169 , and R01 HL098077 to SJB, and by grants UL1-TR-000040 and UL1-RR-025005 from National Center for Research Resources .

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.

Keywords

  • Ankle brachial index
  • Incidence
  • Net reclassification improvement
  • P-selectin
  • Peripheral artery disease
  • Prediction

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