Soluble CD14 and Risk of Heart Failure and Its Subtypes in Older Adults

Sadeer G. Al-Kindi, Petra Buzkova, Sanyog G. Shitole, Alex P. Reiner, Parveen K. Garg, John S. Gottdiener, Bruce M. Psaty, Jorge R. Kizer

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Abstract

Background: CD14 is a membrane glycoprotein primarily expressed by myeloid cells that plays a key role in inflammation. Soluble CD14 (sCD14) levels carry a poor prognosis in chronic heart failure (HF), but whether elevations in sCD14 precede HF is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that sCD14 is associated with HF incidence and its subtypes independent of major inflammatory biomarkers among older adults. Methods and Results: We included participants in the Cardiovascular Health Study without preexisting HF and available baseline sCD14. We evaluated the associations of sCD14, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), interleukin (IL)-6, and white blood cell count (WBC) with incident HF and subtypes using Cox regression. Among 5217 participants, 1878 had incident HF over 13.6 years (609 classifiable as HF with preserved ejection fraction [HFpEF] and 419 as HF with reduced ejection fraction [HFrEF]). After adjusting for clinical and laboratory covariates, sCD14 was significantly associated with incident HF (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.56 per doubling, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.29–1.89), an association that was numerically stronger than for hsCRP (HR per doubling: 1.10, 95% CI: 1.06–1.15), IL-6 (HR: 1.18, 95% CI: 1.10–1.25), and WBC (HR: 1.24, 95% CI: 1.09–1.42), and that remained significant after adjustment for the other markers of inflammation. This association for sCD14 was observed with HFpEF (HR: 1.50, 95% CI: 1.07–2.10) but not HFrEF (HR: 0.99, 95% CI: 0.67–1.49). Conclusions: Plasma sCD14 was associated with incident HF independently and numerically more strongly than other major inflammatory markers. This association was only observed with HFpEF in the subset with classifiable HF subtypes. Pending replication, these findings have potentially important therapeutic implications.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)410-419
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Cardiac Failure
Volume26
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2020

Keywords

  • CD14
  • heart failure
  • inlfammation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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