Affiliation:
1. Department of Cardiology, The Haian Hospital Affiliated to Nantong University, Nantong, China
Abstract
Objective
Inflammation and dyslipidemia are important pathophysiological bases for the occurrence and development of coronary artery disease (CAD); however, combination of these two entities is rarely used to diagnose CAD and its severity. Our aim was to determine whether the combination of white blood cell count (WBCC) and LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) can serve as a biomarker for CAD.
Methods
We enrolled 518 registered patients and measured serum WBCC and LDL-C on admission. The clinical data were collected, and the Gensini score was used to assess the severity of coronary atherosclerosis.
Results
WBCC and LDL-C levels in the CAD group were higher than in the control group (P < 0.01). Spearman correlation analysis showed that WBCC combined with LDL-C was positively correlated with the Gensini score (r = 0.708, P < 0.01) and the number of coronary artery lesions (r = 0.721, P < 0.01). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed that WBCC combined with LDL-C had a higher predictive value for CAD, severe CAD, and three-vessel CAD [area under the curve (AUC) values were 0.909, 0.867, and 0.811, respectively] than WBCC (AUC values were 0.814, 0.753, 0.716, respectively) and LDL-C (AUC values were 0.779, 0.806, 0.715, respectively) alone (all P < 0.05).
Conclusion
WBCC combined with LDL-C is correlated with the degree of coronary artery lesion. It had high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of CAD, severe CAD, and three-vessel CAD.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,General Medicine