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Objective To study the correlation between the level of CaMKIV and essential hypertension (EH) in Shihezi community. Methods One hundred and forty-six patients with EH and 142 with normal blood pressure are enrolled from 15 communities in shihezi. We collected the clinical data, including blood pressure, body mass index, waist circumference, blood lipids. The serum level of CaMKIV was detected using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Results The serum level of CaMKIV in the EH group was significantly lower than that in the normal blood pressure group (P < 0.05). The serum CaMKIV was negatively correlated with systolic BP and diastolic BP (r = -0.304, -0.452, all P < 0.05), with more obvious correlation with patients whose diastolic blood pressure was over 100 mmHg (r = -0.571, P < 0.05). Conclusions The serum level of CaMKIV is negatively correlated with EH, which is an independent factor of EH.
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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.