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Submitted on December 2, 2004
Revised on May 2, 2006
Accepted on May 4, 2006

Comparative Impact of Multiple Biomarkers and N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide in the Context of Conventional Risk Factors for the Prediction of Recurrent Cardiovascular Events in the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) Study

Stefan Blankenberg MD, Matthew J. McQueen MB, ChB, PhD, Marek Smieja MD, PhD, Janice Pogue MSc, Cynthia Balion BSc, MSc, PhD, Eva Lonn MD, MSc, Hans J. Rupprecht MD, Christoph Bickel MD, Laurence Tiret PhD, Francois Cambien MD, Hertzel Gerstein MD, MSc, Thomas Münzel MD, Salim Yusuf MBBS, DPhil*, for the HOPE Study Investigators

From the Department of Medicine II (S.B., H.J.R., T.M.), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; INSERM U525, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpétrière (L.T., F.C.), Paris, France; Innere Abteilung, Bundeswehrzentralkrankenhaus Koblenz (C.B.), Koblenz, Germany; and Department of Medicine (M.J.M., M.S., E.L., S.Y.), Population Health Research Institute (M.S., J.P., H.G., S.Y.), and Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine (M.J.M., M.S., C.B.), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: hope{at}ccc.mcmaster.ca.

Background--Individual markers of inflammation may add incremental predictive value in the context of conventionally available risk factors. We evaluated the ability of 9 inflammatory biomarkers, microalbuminuria, and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (Nt-proBNP) to improve cardiovascular risk prediction beyond that obtained from traditional risk factors in a secondary-prevention population.

Methods and Results--We measured biomarkers representing the acute-phase reaction (C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, and interleukin-6), proinflammatory pathways (soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor-1 and -2, soluble interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, and interleukin-18), endothelial activation (soluble vascular adhesion molecule-1 and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1), Nt-proBNP, and microalbuminuria in 3199 study individuals of the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) Study and assessed their association with risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, or cardiovascular death (primary outcome, n=501) over 4.5 years of follow-up. In a backward Cox regression procedure that included risk factors and biomarkers, Nt-proBNP (hazard ratio [HR] 1.72 per increment SD, 95% CI 1.39 to 2.12; P<0.0001), soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (HR 1.46, 95% CI 1.19 to 1.80; P=0.0003), microalbuminuria (HR 1.55, 95% CI 1.22 to 1.98; P=0.0004), soluble interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (HR 1.30, 95% CI 1.05 to 1.61; P=0.02), and fibrinogen (HR 1.31, 95% CI 1.05 to 1.62; P=0.02) remained significantly related to the primary outcome. Only inclusion of Nt-proBNP provided incremental information above that obtained by models of traditional risk factors.

Conclusions--Although levels of various inflammatory biomarkers are significantly related to future cardiovascular risk, their incremental predictive value is modest. A model consisting of simple traditional risk factors and Nt-proBNP provided the best clinical prediction in the secondary-prevention population.


Key words: prognosis • cardiovascular disease • inflammation • risk factors




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