BackgroundIncreasedplasmalevelofLp-PLA2isapotentialriskfactorforatherosclerosis.Nevertheless,whetherLp-PLA2haseffectsonbothvascularfunctionandstructurechangesisstillunclear.MethodOnehundredandeighty-sixoutpatientsubjectswithoutovertcardiovasculardiseasewereenrolledandanthropometricdata,plasmalevelofLp-PLA2andotherrelatedlaboratoryparameterswerecollected.Measurementsofpulsewavevelocity(PWV)andcarotidintima-mediathickness(CIMT)wereperformedbyanexperiencedinvestigator.AccordingtoplasmalevelofLp-PLA2,allthesubjectswerepidedintotwogroupsasfollows:<200ng/mL(n=96)and≥200ng/mL(n=90).ResultBodymassindex,smoking,diabeticmellitus,systolicbloodpressure,andLDL-ClevelwerepositivecorrelationwithplasmalevelofLp-PLA2,whileuseofstatinswasnegativelycorrelative.BothPWVandCIMTpositivelycorrelatedwithsmoking,systolicbloodpressure,LDL-ClevelandplasmalevelofLp-PLA2,whilenegativelycorrelatedwithHDL-Clevelandusageofstatins.CIMTinthegroupwithplasmalevelofLp-PLA2<200ng/mL(0.9±0.2mm,n=96)wassignificantlylessthanthatwithplasmalevelofLp-PLA2≥200ng/mL(1.2±0.4mm,n=90,P=0.32),andsimilarfindingwasalsoobservedinPWV(9.1±0.5m/svs12.7±0.4m/s,P=0.38).ConclusionOurpresentstudyshowsthatinsubjectswithoutovertCVD,increasedplasmalevelofLp-PLA2isassociatedwithvascularfunction(PWV)andstructure(CIMT)deterioration.
