Abstract
Despite the noninvasiveness and accuracy of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT), its use as a routine screening tool for occult coronary atherosclerosis is unclear. We investigated whether the ratio of apolipoprotein B (apoB) toapolipoprotein A1 (apoA1), an indicator of the balance between atherogenic and atheroprotective cholesterol transport could predict occult coronary atherosclerosis detected by MDCT. We collected the data of 1,401 subjects (877 men and 5 4 women) who participated in a routine health screening examination of Asan Medical Center. Significant coronary arterystenosis defined as > 50% stenosis was detected in 114 subjects (8.1%). An increase in apoB/A1 quartiles was associatedwith increased percentages of subjects with significant coronary stenosis and noncalcified plaques (NCAP). After adjustment for confounding variables, each 0.1 increase in serum apoB/A1 was significantly associated with increased odds ratios (ORs) for coronary stenosis and NCAP of 1.23 and 1.18, respectively. The optimal apoB/A1 ratio cut off value for MDCT detection of significant coronary stenosis was 0.58, which had a sensitivity of 70.2% and a specificity of 48.2% (area under the curve, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.58- 0.63, P < 0.001). Our results indicate that apoB/A1 ratio is a good indicator of occult coronary atherosclerosis detected by coronary MDCT.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 709-716 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Korean medical science |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 May |
Keywords
- Apolipoproteins A1
- Apolipoproteins B
- Coronary disease
- Multidetector computed tomography
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)