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Hepatocyte growth factor and carotid intima-media thickness in relation to circulating CD34-positive cell levelsHepatocyte growth factor and carotid intima-media thickness in relation to circulating CD34-positive cell levels |
"/Shimizu, Yuji(1000040569068)/"Shimizu, Yuji 
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"/Sato, Shimpei/"Sato, Shimpei ,
"/Koyamatsu, Jun/"Koyamatsu, Jun ,
"/Yamanashi, Hirotomo/"Yamanashi, Hirotomo ,
"/Nagayoshi, Mako(1000030728960)/"Nagayoshi, Mako ,
"/Kawashiri, Shin-Ya(1000020457576)/"Kawashiri, Shin-Ya ,
"/Inoue, Keita(1000020515829)/"Inoue, Keita ,
"/Fukui, Shoichi/"Fukui, Shoichi ,
"/Kondo, Hideaki/"Kondo, Hideaki ,
"/Nakamichi, Seiko(1000060457520)/"Nakamichi, Seiko ,
"/Nagata, Yasuhiro(1000080336164)/"Nagata, Yasuhiro ,
"/Maeda, Takahiro(1000040284674)/"Maeda, Takahiro
23p.16 , 2018-05-03 , BioMed Central Ltd
ISSN:1342078X
Description
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) may act as a possible biochemical index for vascular damage, although evidence for the association between HGF and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is limited. Since both HGF and circulating CD34-positive cells play an important role in endothelial repair, circulating CD34-positive cell levels may influence the association between HGF and CIMT. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 269 elderly Japanese men aged 60-69 years who had undertaken an annual medical checkup from 2014 to 2015. Results: The median value for circulating CD34-positive cells was 0.93 cells/μL. Among the study population, 135 men showed low circulating CD34-positive cell levels (≤ 0.93 cells/μL). By multivariable linear regression analysis, HGF was found to be significantly positively associated with CIMT only to participants with low circulating CD34-positive cell levels, with a multi-adjusted β of 0.26 (p = 0.005) and 0.002 (0.986) for low and high circulating CD34-positive cell levels, respectively. In addition, a significant interaction was observed between HGF and circulating CD34-positive cell levels (low and high) on CIMT (multivariable p value of 0.049). A positive association exists between HGF and CIMT in elderly Japanese men, limited to participants with low circulating CD34-positive cell levels. Conclusion: A positive association exists between HGF and CIMT in community-dwelling elderly Japanese men, which is limited to participants with low numbers of circulating CD34-positive cells. Our findings indicate that circulating CD34-positive cell levels could determine the influence of HGF on CIMT in elderly Japanese men.
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