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Antibodies to Human Herpesviruses and Rate of Incident Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality in the UK Biobank Infectious Disease Pilot Study.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Associations between human herpesviruses (HHVs) and cardiovascular disease/mortality have been reported, but evidence is inconsistent. We investigated associations between 3 common herpesviruses and (1) incident stroke or myocardial infarction (MI) and (2) all-cause mortality.

Methods

We included participants from the UK Biobank Infectious Disease pilot study with valid serum antibody (IgG) measurements taken at cohort entry (2006-2010) for herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1), varicella zoster virus (VZV), and cytomegalovirus (CMV). Linked hospital and mortality records up to December 30 2019 provided information on rates of (1) incident first stroke or MI and (2) all-cause mortality. Hazard ratios (HRs) from Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to assess relationships between (1) HHV seropositivity, (2) HHV titer and incident stroke/MI, and death outcomes. Fully adjusted models accounted for sociodemographic information (age, sex, ethnicity, education, deprivation quintile, birthplace, population density), baseline comorbidities (including diabetes and hypertension), smoking status, body mass index, and serum cholesterol.

Results

Of 9429 study participants (56% female, 95% White, median age 58 years), 41% were seropositive for all 3 HHVs. Human herpesvirus seropositivity was not associated with stroke/MI (fully adjusted HRs and 95% confidence intervals [CIs]: HSV1 = 0.93 [CI, 0.72-1.22], VZV = 0.78 [CI, 0.51-1.20], CMV = 0.91 [CI, 0.71-1.16]) or all-cause mortality (HSV1 = 1.21 [CI, 1.00-1.47], VZV = 0.79 [CI, 0.58-1.07], CMV = 0.90 [CI, 0.76-1.06]). Human herpesvirus titers were not associated with outcomes.

Conclusions

In this mostly White UK Biobank subset, neither HHV seropositivity nor titers were associated with stroke/MI or all-cause mortality.

SUBMITTER: Chu P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9301583 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Antibodies to Human Herpesviruses and Rate of Incident Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality in the UK Biobank Infectious Disease Pilot Study.

Chu Petrina P   Cadogan Sharon Louise SL   Warren-Gash Charlotte C  

Open forum infectious diseases 20220611 7


<h4>Background</h4>Associations between human herpesviruses (HHVs) and cardiovascular disease/mortality have been reported, but evidence is inconsistent. We investigated associations between 3 common herpesviruses and (1) incident stroke or myocardial infarction (MI) and (2) all-cause mortality.<h4>Methods</h4>We included participants from the UK Biobank Infectious Disease pilot study with valid serum antibody (IgG) measurements taken at cohort entry (2006-2010) for herpes simplex virus type 1 (  ...[more]

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