University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications
Title
The associations of leptin, adiponectin and resistin with incident atrial fibrillation in women
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
Publication Date
2016-09-01
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Cardiology | Cardiovascular Diseases | Clinical Epidemiology | Epidemiology | Women's Health
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Higher body mass index (BMI) is an important risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF). The adipokines leptin, adiponectin and resistin are correlates of BMI, but their association with incident AF is not well known. We explored this relationship in a large cohort of postmenopausal women.
METHODS: We studied an ethnically diverse cohort of community-dwelling postmenopausal women aged 50-79 who were nationally recruited at 40 clinical centres as part of the Women's Health Initiative investigation. Participants underwent measurements of baseline serum leptin, adiponectin and resistin levels and were followed for incident AF. Adipokine levels were log transformed and normalised using inverse probability weighting. Cox proportional hazard regression models were used to estimate associations with adjustment for known AF risk factors.
RESULTS: Of the 4937 participants included, 892 developed AF over a follow-up of 11.1 years. Those with AF had higher mean leptin (14.9 pg/mL vs 13.9 pg/mL), adiponectin (26.3 ug/mL vs 24.5 ug/mL) and resistin (12.9 ng/mL vs 12.1 ng/mL) levels. After multivariable adjustment, neither log leptin nor log adiponectin levels were significantly associated with incident AF. However, log resistin levels remained significantly associated with incident AF (HR=1.57 per 1 log (ng/mL) increase, p=0.006). Additional adjustment for inflammatory cytokines only partially attenuated the association between resistin and incident AF (HR=1.43, p=0.06 adjusting for C-reactive protein (CRP); HR=1.39, p=0.08 adjusting for IL-6). Adjusting for resistin partially attenuated the association between BMI and incident AF (HR=1.14 per 5 kg/m(2), p=0.006 without resistin; HR=1.12, p=0.02 with resistin).
CONCLUSIONS: In women, elevated levels of serum resistin are significantly associated with higher rates of incident AF and partially mediate the association between BMI and AF. In the same population, leptin and adiponectin levels are not significantly associated with AF.
DOI of Published Version
10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308927
Source
Heart. 2016 Sep 1;102(17):1354-62. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308927. Epub 2016 May 4. Link to article on publisher's site
Related Resources
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Heart (British Cardiac Society)
PubMed ID
27146694
Repository Citation
Ermakov, Simon; Azarbal, Farnaz; Stefanick, Marcia L.; Lamonte, Michael J.; Li, Wenjun; Tharp, Katie M.; Martin, Lisa W.; Nassir, Rami; Salmoirago-Blotcher, Elena; Albert, Christine M.; Manson, JoAnn E.; Assimes, Themistocles L.; Hlatky, Mark A.; Larson, Joseph C.; and Perez, Marco V., "The associations of leptin, adiponectin and resistin with incident atrial fibrillation in women" (2016). University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications. 1017.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/1017