title: Adiponectin is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality, cardiac mortality, and myocardial infarction in patients presenting with chest pain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prognostic value of baseline plasma adiponectin levels in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease referred for coronary angiography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adiponectin was measured in 325 male patients with stable angina, troponin-negative unstable angina, and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) undergoing coronary angiography at a Veterans Administration Medical Center. The patients were then followed prospectively for the occurrence of all-cause mortality, cardiac mortality, and MI. Follow-up data at 24 months were available for 97% of the patients. Adiponectin was the only biomarker to independently predict the individual endpoints of all-cause mortality, cardiac mortality, and MI. The 24-month survival rates for patients in the lower (< or =4.431 mg/L), middle (>4.431 and < or =8.008 mg/L), and upper (>8.008 mg/L) tertiles of plasma adiponectin values were 95.0, 90.4, and 83.5%, respectively (P = 0.0232 by log-rank test). Furthermore, when patients with chest pain were risk-stratified into those with and without a non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS), adiponectin remained an independent predictor of both all-cause mortality and cardiac mortality in the NSTEACS subgroup.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In a cohort of male patients undergoing coronary angiography, a single baseline determination of plasma adiponectin is independently predictive of the subsequent risk of death and MI.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 1257, Brooklyn, NY 11203-2098, USA.
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cavusoglu
authors.forename: Cyril
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruwende
authors.forename: Vineet
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chopra
authors.forename: Sunitha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanamadala
authors.forename: Calvin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eng
authors.forename: Luther T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Pinsky
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Marmur
mesh_terms: D052242:Adiponectin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality*; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000097:blood; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D052242:Adiponectin; D015415:Biomarkers; D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1; D016753:Interleukin-10; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D009195:Peroxidase