IMR Press / RCM / Volume 24 / Issue 7 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2407210
Open Access Original Research
Intermediate-Term Prognostic Value of Homocysteine in Acute Coronary Syndrome Complicated with or without Hypertension: A Multicenter Observational Cohort Study
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1 Department of Cardiology, the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Jiaotong University, 610014 Chengdu, Sichuan, China
2 Department of Cardiology, Sichuan Mianyang 404 Hospital, 621053 Mianyang, Sichuan, China
3 Department of Emergency, the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Jiaotong University, 610014 Chengdu, Sichuan, China
*Correspondence: xt1142752929@126.com (Tao Xiang); clin63@hotmail.com (Lin Cai)
These authors contributed equally.
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2023, 24(7), 210; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2407210
Submitted: 4 December 2022 | Revised: 2 February 2023 | Accepted: 9 February 2023 | Published: 18 July 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Cardiovascular Endocrinology and Metabolism)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: As a classical biomarker associated with hypertension, the prognostic value of homocysteine (Hcy) in the intermediate-term outcome of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains controversial. This study aimed to investigate the role of homocysteine in ACS patients with different blood pressure statuses. Methods: A total of 1288 ACS patients from 11 general hospitals in Chengdu, China, from June 2015 to December 2019 were consecutively included in this observational study. The primary endpoint was defined as all-cause death. Secondary endpoints included cardiac death, nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI), unplanned revascularization and nonfatal stroke. The patients in the hypertension group (n = 788) were further stratified into hyperhomocysteinemia (H-Hcy, n = 245) and normal homocysteinaemia subgroups (N-Hcy, n = 543) around the cut-off value of 16.81 µmol/L. Similarly, the nonhypertensive patients were stratified into H-Hcy (n = 200) and N-Hcy subgroups (n = 300) around the optimal cut-off value of 14.00 µmol/L. The outcomes were compared between groups. Results: The median follow-up duration was 18 months. During this period, 78 (6.05%) deaths were recorded. Kaplan‒Meier curves illustrated that H-Hcy had a lower survival probability than N-Hcy in both hypertension and nonhypertension groups (p < 0.01). Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that H-Hcy was a predictor of intermediate-term mortality in ACS, regardless of blood pressure status. Conclusions: Elevated Hcy levels predict intermediate-term all-cause mortality in ACS regardless of blood pressure status. This association could be conducive to risk stratification of ACS. Clinical Trial Registration: The study was registered in the Chinese Clinical Trials Registry in China (ChiCTR1900025138).

Keywords
acute coronary syndrome
homocysteine
hypertension
prognosis
Funding
2021YJ0215/Science and Technology Department of Sichuan
31600942/National Natural Science Foundation of China
Chengdu High-level Key Clinical Specialty Construction Project
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