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Objective To investigate the correlation between serum proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 (PCSK9) level and the severity of angiographic coronary artery disease (CAD) in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods The patients over the same period were divided into three groups:the elderly patients with AMI and T2DM (observation group, n=46), the elderly non diabetic patients with AMI (positive control group, n=34) and patients with chronic stable coronary heart disease (negative control group, n=33). The serum PCSK9 level was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA) in three groups. The correlation between serum PCSK9 level and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), high sensitive C reactive protein (Hs-CRP) and Gensini score were analyzed. Results The levels of PCSK9, HbA1c, Hs-CRP and Gensini score showed a gradually increased tendency in negative control group, positive control group and observation group. Multiple comparison differences between groups were statistically significant (P0.05). Conclusion The serum level of PCSK9 is positive correlated with the severity of CAD, which can be used to determine the severity of coronary artery lesions in elderly patients with AMI complicated with T2DM.
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ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between serum sCD40L level and coronary stenosis degree in acute coronary syndromes(ACS) patients with different glucose tolerance conditions.Methods154 patients with ACS were divided into normal glucose tolerance group ( NGT),impaired glucose tolerance group (IGT) and type 2 diabetes group (T2DM) according to the OGTT.The levels of serum sCD40L were detected by ELISA,and all patients underwent coronary angiography in order to calculate their Gensini score.Then the relationship between serum sCD40L level and coronary stenosis was analyzed by statistics.ResultsThe Gensini scores of IGT[(41.8 ± 19.8)score] and T2DM groups [(40.1 ± 18.7)score] were higher than NGT group [(21.9 ± 15.3)score] ( P ＜0.01 ),but there was no statistical difference between IGT and T2DM ( P ＞ 0.05 ) group.The serum sCD40L levels of IGT[(2.46 ± 0.79 )ng/ml]were higher than NGT group [(2.12 ± 0.81 )ng/ml] ( P ＜ 0.05 ),and the serum sCD40L levels in T2DM group [( 2.57 ± 0.68) ng/ml] were obviously higher than NGT group [( 2.12 ± 0.81 ) ng/ml] ( P ＜ 0.01 ).The serum sCD40L levels in T2DM group were higher IGT group,but there was no statistical difference between T2DM and IGT groups( P ＞0.05).Statistical analysis revealed that serum sCD40L levels had no statistical difference among the three groups and it had no relationship with coronary stenosis ( r =-0.147,P ＞0.05).ConclusionsCD40/CD40L activation would occur in the patients of ACS with wildly abnormal blood sugar,not only in those who had diabetes with much higher blood sugar.The serum sCD40L level in the ACS patients with abnormal glucose tolerance had no relationship with the severity of coronary stenosis.