IMR Press / RCM / Volume 24 / Issue 12 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2412369
Open Access Original Research
Predictive Value of the Fibrinogen to Gamma-Glutamine Transferase Ratio in the Long-Term Outcome in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study
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1 Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, 830054 Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
*Correspondence: xiangxie999@sina.com (Xiang Xie); myt-xj@163.com (Yi-Tong Ma)
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2023, 24(12), 369; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2412369
Submitted: 22 March 2023 | Revised: 6 June 2023 | Accepted: 20 June 2023 | Published: 26 December 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Heart Diseases)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: The ratio of fibrinogen to γ-glutamine transferase (FGR) was used to predict long-term prognosis in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods: A total of 5638 patients with CHD who were hospitalized from January 2008 to December 2016 were retrospectively enrolled in the study. The mean follow-up time was 35.9 ± 22.5 months. The follow-up endpoints were major cardiac and cerebrovascular adverse events (MACCE). The optimal FGR cut-off value was determined and divided into high- and low-FGR groups according to the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Statistical methods were used to compare the differences between the two groups and their prognoses to determine whether FGR can predict prognosis in patients with CHD. The traditional predictors were incorporated into the logistic regression model to observe the correlation between these indicators and all-cause mortality (ACM) events. We compared the prediction performance of FGR and traditional predictors on the occurrence of ACM events by ROC curves. Results: The optimal cut-off value was determined via a ROC analysis (FGR = 1.22, p = 0.002), and subjects were classified into high and low FGR groups. The follow-up found that the incidence of MACCE in the high FGR group was higher than that in the low FGR group. The COX multivariate regression model showed that high FGR was independently correlated with the occurrence of MACCE. In addition, the Kaplan–Meier survival curve showed that the risk of events was significantly increased in the group with high FGR. With increases in the FGR ratio, the risk of MACCE was increased. The ROC curve revealed that the risk of ACM was statistically different between the FGR and the traditional risk factor model (p = 0.002), (Fibrinogen (p = 0.008), γ-glutamine transferase (GGT) (p = 0.004), and N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-ProBNP) (p = 0.024)). The comparison between other different models were not statistically significant (p > 0.05). The area under the FGR model curve was larger than that of the traditional risk factors, fibrinogen, GGT and NT-ProBNP models. Conclusions: High FGR can increase the risk of MACCE in patients with CHD; additionally, it can be used as a new biomarker for long-term prognosis in CHD patients. Clinical Trial Registration: All details of this study are registered on the website (http://www.chictr.org.cn), registration number: ChiCTR-ORC-16010153.

Keywords
mortality
coronary heart disease (CHD)
fibrinogen/γ-glutamine transferase (FGR)
fibrinogen
γ-glutamine transferase
long-term outcome
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Funding
ZYYD2022A01/Central guide on local science and technology development Fund of XINJIANG Province
91957208/National Natural Science Foundation of China
81960046/National Natural Science Foundation of China
2018YFC1311505/Prevention and control of major chronic Noncommunicable disease Project
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