Lymphocyte cell counts in middle age are positively associated with subsequent all-cause and cardiovascular mortality
Lymphocyte cell counts in middle age are positively associated with subsequent all-cause and cardiovascular mortality
Background: There is an association between higher white blood cell counts and all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. However, little is known about the prognostic significance of circulating lymphocyte and lymphocyte subset numbers.
Aims: The present study examined the association between T-, CD4-, CD8- and B-cell numbers, and the CD4:CD8 ratio, and all-cause and CVD mortality.
Methods: Lymphocyte and lymphocyte subset numbers were measured by flow cytometry in a cohort of 4256 male middle-aged Vietnam-era US veterans. Mortality was tracked for 15 years and cause of death was determined from death certificates.
Results: In fully adjusted survival analyses, high circulating T-cells numbers were associated with increased risk of both all-cause [hazard ratio (HR)?=?1.75, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.15–2.66] and cardiovascular (HR?=?3.57, 95% CI 1.53–8.33) mortality. The former association appeared to reflect an effect for high CD8-cells numbers, the latter an effect for high CD4-cell numbers. For all-cause mortality, a high CD4:CD8 ratio was protective (HR?=?0.58, 95% CI 0.41–0.81). Cardiovascular mortality was also predicted by high B-cells numbers (HR?=?1.87, 95% CI 1.10–3.17).
Conclusion: Circulating lymphocyte and lymphocyte subset numbers may have substantial prognostic significance for both all-cause and CVD mortality.
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Phillips, A.C.
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Carroll, D.
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Gale, C.R.
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Drayson, M.
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Batty, G.D.
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April 2011
Phillips, A.C.
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Carroll, D.
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Gale, C.R.
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Drayson, M.
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Batty, G.D.
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Phillips, A.C., Carroll, D., Gale, C.R., Drayson, M. and Batty, G.D.
(2011)
Lymphocyte cell counts in middle age are positively associated with subsequent all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 104 (4), .
(doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcq199).
(PMID:21051481)
Abstract
Background: There is an association between higher white blood cell counts and all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. However, little is known about the prognostic significance of circulating lymphocyte and lymphocyte subset numbers.
Aims: The present study examined the association between T-, CD4-, CD8- and B-cell numbers, and the CD4:CD8 ratio, and all-cause and CVD mortality.
Methods: Lymphocyte and lymphocyte subset numbers were measured by flow cytometry in a cohort of 4256 male middle-aged Vietnam-era US veterans. Mortality was tracked for 15 years and cause of death was determined from death certificates.
Results: In fully adjusted survival analyses, high circulating T-cells numbers were associated with increased risk of both all-cause [hazard ratio (HR)?=?1.75, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.15–2.66] and cardiovascular (HR?=?3.57, 95% CI 1.53–8.33) mortality. The former association appeared to reflect an effect for high CD8-cells numbers, the latter an effect for high CD4-cell numbers. For all-cause mortality, a high CD4:CD8 ratio was protective (HR?=?0.58, 95% CI 0.41–0.81). Cardiovascular mortality was also predicted by high B-cells numbers (HR?=?1.87, 95% CI 1.10–3.17).
Conclusion: Circulating lymphocyte and lymphocyte subset numbers may have substantial prognostic significance for both all-cause and CVD mortality.
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