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ABSTRACT: Aims
Heart failure (HF) is common in both men and women, yet disease pathophysiology, presentation, and progression differ between sexes. Studies addressing whether biomarkers predict new onset HF sex-specifically are scarce. This study therefore aims to test the sex-specificity of 252 protein biomarkers for new-onset HF.Methods and results
A matched case-control design in patients selected from cohorts within the HOMAGE consortium was used. Cases (new-onset HF, n = 562) and controls (n = 780) were matched for cohort (PREDICTOR, HEALTH-ABC, & PROSPER), follow-up time (defined as time from entry to incident HF), and age. Incident HF was defined as first hospitalization for HF. Targeted plasma proteins (n = 252) were measured using Proximity Extension Assay technology from O-link. To look for sex differences for new onset HF, we adjusted for cohort, age, and baseline clinical parameters. At baseline, women had a biomarker profile reflecting activated metabolism and immune responses. However, none of the biomarkers had a significant interaction with sex in predicting new onset HF, but four biomarkers had a trend towards sex-specificity (P < 0.013). E-selectin and interleukin 1 receptor antagonist were more female-specific, whereas IL17A and CHIT1 tended to be male sex-specific for incident HF.Conclusions
The majority of biomarkers associated with incident HF did not significantly differ between women and men, despite clear differences in biomarkers at baseline.
SUBMITTER: Raafs A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8497379 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Raafs Anne A Verdonschot Job J Ferreira João Pedro JP Wang Ping P Collier Timothy T Henkens Michiel M Björkman Jens J Boccanelli Alessandro A Clark Andrew L AL Delles Christian C Diez Javier J González Arantxa A Girerd Nicolas N Jukema J Wouter JW Pinet Florence F Rossignol Patrick P Thum Thomas T Vodovar Nicolas N de Boer Rudolf A RA van Empel Vanessa V Staessen Jan A JA Hazebroek Mark M Cleland John J Zannad Faiez F Heymans Stephane S
ESC heart failure 20210622 5
<h4>Aims</h4>Heart failure (HF) is common in both men and women, yet disease pathophysiology, presentation, and progression differ between sexes. Studies addressing whether biomarkers predict new onset HF sex-specifically are scarce. This study therefore aims to test the sex-specificity of 252 protein biomarkers for new-onset HF.<h4>Methods and results</h4>A matched case-control design in patients selected from cohorts within the HOMAGE consortium was used. Cases (new-onset HF, n = 562) and cont ...[more]