Elevation in white blood cell count and development of hyper LDL cholesterolemia

Autor: Shota Okutsu, Yoshifumi Kato, Hiroaki Takeoka, Shunsuke Funakoshi, Toshiki Maeda, Chikara Yoshimura, Miki Kawazoe, Atsushi Satoh, Kazuhiro Tada, Koji Takahashi, Kenji Ito, Tetsuhiko Yasuno, Hideyuki Fujii, Shigeaki Mukoubara, Keijiro Saku, Shohta Kodama, Daiji Kawanami, Kosuke Masutani, Hisatomi Arima, Shigeki Nabeshima
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35436-6
Popis: Abstract To investigate the relationship between white blood cell (WBC) count and incidence of hyper-low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterolemia in a population-based longitudinal study. This is a retrospective study using data of annual health check-ups for residents of Iki City, Japan. A total of 3312 residents (≥ 30 years) without hyper-LDL cholesterolemia at baseline were included in this analysis. Primary outcome was incidence of hyper-LDL cholesterolemia (LDL cholesterol levels ≥ 3.62 mmol/L and/or use of lipid lowering drugs). During follow-up (average 4.6 years), 698 participants development of hyper-LDL cholesterolemia (incidence 46.8 per 1000 person-years). Higher incidence of hyper-LDL cholesterolemia was observed among participants with higher leukocyte count (1st quartile group: 38.5, 2nd quartile group: 47.7, 3rd quartile group: 47.3, and 4th quartile group: 52.4 per 1,000 person-years, P = 0.012 for trend). Statistically significant relation was observed even after adjustment for age, gender, smoking, alcohol intake, leisure-time exercise, obesity, hypertension and diabetes: hazard ratio 1.24 (95% confidence interval 0.99 to 1.54) for 2nd quartile group, 1.29 (1.03–1.62) for 3rd quartile group and 1.39 (1.10–1.75) for 4th quartile group, compared with 1st quartile group (P for trend = 0.006). Increased WBC count was related to incidence of hyper-LDL cholesterolemia in general Japanese population.
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