Abstract | INTRODUCTION: The association among smoking history, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) to arachidonic acid (AA) ratio and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is yet to be investigated. The present study aimed to clarify the association between the EPA/AA ratio and ACS prevalence in patients admitted to the cardiology department based on their smoking history. METHODS: We enrolled 1733 patients from five cardiology divisions located in Tokyo, Japan, and measured their levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids, including EPA and AA, from January 2004 to May 2011. We assessed the association between the EPA/AA ratio and ACS in the subgroups stratified according to smoking history (never, former, current smokers) using multivariate logistic models. RESULTS: A high EPA/AA ratio was significantly associated with decreased odds of ACS among patients without a smoking history (adjusted odds ratio AOR=0.20, 95% CI: 0.04-0.86) but not in patients with a smoking history (former smoker, AOR=1.50, 95% CI: 0.44-5.03; current smoker, AOR=3.73, 95% CI: 0.34-40.6). CONCLUSIONS: The EPA/AA ratio and ACS occurrence were found to be significantly associated in patients without a smoking history; however, no such association existed in patients with a smoking history. ABBREVIATIONS:
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Authors | Yuji Nishizaki, Kazunori Shimada, Shigemasa Tani, Takayuki Ogawa, Jiro Ando, Masao Takahashi, Masato Yamamoto, Tomohiro Shinozaki, Tetsuro Miyazaki, Katsumi Miyauchi, Ken Nagao, Atsushi Hirayama, Michihiro Yoshimura, Issei Komuro, Ryozo Nagai, Hiroyuki Daida |
Journal | Tobacco induced diseases
(Tob Induc Dis)
Vol. 16
Pg. 08
( 2018)
ISSN: 1617-9625 [Electronic] Greece |
PMID | 31516408
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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