TY - JOUR
T1 - Interactions between smoking, pulmonary surfactant protein b, and atherosclerosis in the general population
T2 - The dallas heart study
AU - Nguyen, Ann B.
AU - Rohatgi, Anand K
AU - Garcia, Christine K
AU - Ayers, Colby R.
AU - Das, Sandeep R
AU - Lakoski, Susan G.
AU - Berry, Jarett D
AU - Khera, Amit
AU - McGuire, Darren K
AU - de Lemos, James A
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - Objective-: Pulmonary surfactant protein B (SP-B), an alveolar protein normally detectable at only very low concentrations in blood, circulates at higher levels among smokers and those with alveolar injury and inflammation. We hypothesized that SP-B may serve as a marker of the vascular effects of smoking and would thus be associated with subclinical measures of atherosclerosis. Methods and results-: Plasma levels of SP-B were measured in 3294 subjects, ages 30 to 65, enrolled in the Dallas Heart Study, a probability-based population sample of Dallas County adults. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) was measured by computed tomography and abdominal aortic plaque (AP) by magnetic resonance imaging. The cohort comprised 29% current and 17% former smokers. The overall prevalence of CAC was 22%, and that of AP was 39%. Median SP-B levels were 5-fold higher among current versus never smokers (P<0.0001) and were significantly correlated with estimated pack-years smoked (Spearman ρ=0.35, P<0.0001). Increasing levels of SP-B also associated with other traditional cardiac risk factors and higher levels of inflammatory biomarkers. In univariable analyses, increasing SP-B quartiles associated with higher prevalence of both CAC and AP (Ptrend<0.0001 for each). In multivariable analyses adjusting for traditional cardiovascular risk factors, SP-B remained associated with AP (OR 1.87 for the 4th versus 1st quartiles, 95% confidence interval 1.39 to 2.51; P<0.0001) but not CAC. An interaction was observed between SP-B, smoking status, and AP (Pinteraction=0.01), such that SP-B associated with AP in current smokers (adjusted OR 2.15 for the 4th versus 1st quartile, 95% confidence interval 1.26 to 3.67; P=0.005) but not in former or never smokers. Conclusion-: Circulating levels of SP-B increase with greater smoking burden and independently associate with abdominal AP among current smokers. Our findings support further investigation of the role of SP-B as a marker of the vascular effects of smoking.
AB - Objective-: Pulmonary surfactant protein B (SP-B), an alveolar protein normally detectable at only very low concentrations in blood, circulates at higher levels among smokers and those with alveolar injury and inflammation. We hypothesized that SP-B may serve as a marker of the vascular effects of smoking and would thus be associated with subclinical measures of atherosclerosis. Methods and results-: Plasma levels of SP-B were measured in 3294 subjects, ages 30 to 65, enrolled in the Dallas Heart Study, a probability-based population sample of Dallas County adults. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) was measured by computed tomography and abdominal aortic plaque (AP) by magnetic resonance imaging. The cohort comprised 29% current and 17% former smokers. The overall prevalence of CAC was 22%, and that of AP was 39%. Median SP-B levels were 5-fold higher among current versus never smokers (P<0.0001) and were significantly correlated with estimated pack-years smoked (Spearman ρ=0.35, P<0.0001). Increasing levels of SP-B also associated with other traditional cardiac risk factors and higher levels of inflammatory biomarkers. In univariable analyses, increasing SP-B quartiles associated with higher prevalence of both CAC and AP (Ptrend<0.0001 for each). In multivariable analyses adjusting for traditional cardiovascular risk factors, SP-B remained associated with AP (OR 1.87 for the 4th versus 1st quartiles, 95% confidence interval 1.39 to 2.51; P<0.0001) but not CAC. An interaction was observed between SP-B, smoking status, and AP (Pinteraction=0.01), such that SP-B associated with AP in current smokers (adjusted OR 2.15 for the 4th versus 1st quartile, 95% confidence interval 1.26 to 3.67; P=0.005) but not in former or never smokers. Conclusion-: Circulating levels of SP-B increase with greater smoking burden and independently associate with abdominal AP among current smokers. Our findings support further investigation of the role of SP-B as a marker of the vascular effects of smoking.
KW - atherosclerosis
KW - peripheral arterial disease
KW - smoking
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U2 - 10.1161/ATVBAHA.111.228692
DO - 10.1161/ATVBAHA.111.228692
M3 - Article
C2 - 21817103
AN - SCOPUS:80052156979
SN - 1079-5642
VL - 31
SP - 2136
EP - 2143
JO - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
JF - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
IS - 9
ER -