Total white blood cell count or neutrophil count predict ischemic stroke events among adult Taiwanese: Report from a community-based cohort study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wu, Tzy Haw ^a   Chien, Kuo Liong ^a,b   Lin, Hung Ju ^a   Hsu, Hsiu Ching ^b   Su, Ta Chen ^a   Chen, Ming Fong ^a   Lee, Yuan Teh ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke event; Neutrophil count; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PREDICTION; TAIWAN;

AREA UNDER CURVE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84872130915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-7     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Ernst E, Hammerschmidt DE, Bagge U, Matrai A, Dormandy JA. Leukocytes and the risk of ischemic diseases. JAMA 1987, 257(17):2318-2324. 10.1001/jama.1987.03390170074031, 3553628.
2. Fuster V, Lewis A. Conner memorial lecture: mechanisms leading to myocardial infarction: insights from studies of vascular biology. Circulation 1994, 90(4):2126-2146. 10.1161/01.CIR.90.4.2126, 7718033.
3. Lee CD, Folsom AR, Nieto FJ, Chambless LE, Shahar E, Wolfe DA. White blood cell count and incidence of coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke and mortality from cardiovascular disease in african-american and white men and women. Am J Epidemiol 2001, 154:758-764. 10.1093/aje/154.8.758, 11590089.
4. Madjid M, Awan I, Willerson JT, Casscells SW. Leukocyte count and coronary heart disease Implications for risk assessment. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004, 44(10):1945-1956. 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.07.056, 15542275.
5. Folsom AR, Rosamond WD, Shahar E, Cooper LS, Aleksic N, Nieto FJ, Rasmussen ML, Wu KK. Prospective study of markers of hemostatic function with risk of ischemic stroke. The atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study investigators. Circulation 1999, 100(7):736-742. 10.1161/01.CIR.100.7.736, 10449696.
6. Izaks GJ, Remarque EJ, Becker SV, Westendorp RG. Lymphocyte count and mortality risk in older persons. The leiden 85-plus study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003, 51(10):1461-1465. 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51467.x, 14511169.
7. Jee SH, Park JY, Kim HS, Lee TY, Samet JM. White blood cell count and risk for all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality in a cohort of Koreans. Am J Epidemiol 2005, 162(11):1062-1069. 10.1093/aje/kwi326, 16221804.
8. Elkind MS, Sciacca R, Boden-Albala B, Homma S, Di Tullio MR. Leukocyte count is associated with aortic arch plaque thickness. Stroke 2002, 33(11):2587-2592. 10.1161/01.STR.0000034400.71491.10, 12411647.
9. Sen S, Hinderliter A, Sen PK, Simmons J, LeGrys VA, Beck J, Offenbacher S, Moss K, Oppenheimer SM. Association of leukocyte count with progression of aortic atheroma in stroke/transient ischemic attack patients. Stroke 2007, 38(11):2900-2905. 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.489658, 17901385.
10. Ovbiagele B, Lynn MJ, Saver JL, Chimowitz MI. Leukocyte count and vascular risk in symptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis. Cerebrovasc Dis 2007, 24(2-3):283-288.
11. Huang G, Zhong XN, Zhong B, Chen YQ, Liu ZZ, Su L, Ling ZY, Cao H, Yin YH. Significance of white blood cell count and its subtypes in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Eur J Clin Invest 2009, 39(5):348-358. 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2009.02107.x, 19320909.
12. Grau AJ, Boddy AW, Dukovic DA, Buggle F, Lichy C, Brandt T, Hacke W. Leukocyte count as an independent predictor of recurrent ischemic events. Stroke 2004, 35(5):1147-1152. 10.1161/01.STR.0000124122.71702.64, 15017013.
13. Chien KL, Su TC, Jeng JS, Hsu HC, Chang WT, Chen MF, Lee YT, Hu FB. Carotid artery intima-media thickness, carotid plaque and coronary heart disease and stroke in Chinese. PLoS One 2008, 3(10):e3435. 10.1371/journal.pone.0003435, 2562458, 18927612.
14. Chien KL, Hsu HC, Su TC, Chen MF, Lee YT, Hu FB. Apolipoprotein B and non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol and the risk of coronary heart disease in Chinese. J Lipid Res 2007, 48(11):2499-2505. 10.1194/jlr.M700213-JLR200, 17698856.
15. Lee YT, Lin RS, Sung FC, Yang CY, Chien KL, Chen WJ, Su TC, Hsu HC, Huang YC. Chin-Shan Community Cardiovascular Cohort in Taiwan-baseline data and five-year follow-up morbidity and mortality. J Clin Epidemiol 2000, 53(8):838-846. 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00198-0, 10942867.
16. Chien K, Cai T, Hsu H, Su T, Chang W, Chen M, Lee Y, Hu FB. A prediction model for type 2 diabetes risk among Chinese people. Diabetologia 2009, 52(3):443-450. 10.1007/s00125-008-1232-4, 19057891.
17. Chen PC, Chien KL, Hsu HC, Su TC, Sung FC, Lee YT. Metabolic syndrome and C-reactive protein in stroke prediction: a prospective study in Taiwan. Metabolism 2009, 58(6):772-778. 10.1016/j.metabol.2009.01.006, 19375128.
18. Chien KL, Hsu HC, Chen PC, Su TC, Chang WT, Chen MF, Lee YT. Urinary sodium and potassium excretion and risk of hypertension in Chinese: report from a community-based cohort study in Taiwan. J Hypertens 2008, 26(9):1750-1756. 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328306a0a7, 18698208.
19. Hosmer DW, Lemeshow S. The multiple logistic regression model. Applied logistic regression 1989, 25-37. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1.
20. Pencina MJ, D'Agostino RB, Steyerberg EW. Extensions of net reclassification improvement calculations to measure usefulness of new biomarkers. Stat Med 2010,
21. Elkind MS, Sciacca RR, Boden-Albala B, Rundek T, Paik MC, Sacco RL. Relative elevation in baseline leukocyte count predicts first cerebral infarction. Neurology 2005, 64(12):2121-2125. 10.1212/01.WNL.0000165989.12122.49, 15985584.
22. Liu Q, Zhao D, Wang W, Liu J, Sun JY, Qin LP, Wu ZS. The association between white blood cell count and 10-year cardiovascular risk in a large Chinese cohort aged 35-64 years. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2008, 36(5):453-457.
23. Frangogiannis NG, Smith CW, Entman ML. The inflammatory response in myocardial infarction. Cardiovasc Res 2002, 53:31-47. 10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00434-5, 11744011.
24. Ross R. Aatherosclerosis - an inflammatory disease. N Engl J Med 1999, 340:115-126. 10.1056/NEJM199901143400207, 9887164.
25. Liuzzo G, Kopecky SL, Frye RL, O'Fallon WM, Maseri A, Goronzy JJ, Weyand CM. Perturbation of the T-cell repertoire in patients with unstable angina. Circulation 1999, 100(21):2135-2139. 10.1161/01.CIR.100.21.2135, 10571971.
26. Nadareishvili ZG, Li H, Wright V, Maric D, Warach S, Hallenbeck JM, Dambrosia J, Barker JL, Baird AE. Elevated pro-inflammatory CD4+CD28- lymphocytes and stroke recurrence and death. Neurology 2004, 63(8):1446-1451. 10.1212/01.WNL.0000142260.61443.7C, 15505163.
27. Chien KL, Su TC, Hsu HC, Chang WT, Chen PC, Sung FC, Chen MF, Lee YT. Constructing the prediction model for the risk of stroke in a Chinese population: report from a cohort study in Taiwan. Stroke 2010, 41(9):1858-1864. 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.586222, 20671251.
28. Gan R, Sacco RL, Kargman DE, Roberts JK, Boden-Albala B, Gu Q. Testing the validity of the lacunar hypothesis: the northern manhattan stroke study experience. Neurology 1997, 48(5):1204-1211. 10.1212/WNL.48.5.1204, 9153444.
29. Urra X, Villamor N, Amaro S, Gomez-Choco M, Obach V, Oleaga L, Planas AM, Chamorro A. Monocyte subtypes predict clinical course and prognosis in human stroke. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2009, 29(5):994-1002. 10.1038/jcbfm.2009.25, 19293821.
30. Castillo J, Álvarez-Sabín J, Martínez-Vila E, Montaner J, Sobrino T, Vivancos J. Inflammation markers and prediction of post-stroke vascular disease recurrence: the MITICO study. J Neurol 2009, 256(2):217-224. 10.1007/s00415-009-0058-4, 19252763.
31. Kaptoge S, Di Angelantonio E, Lowe G, Pepys MB, Thompson SG, Collins R, Danesh J. C-reactive protein concentration and risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, and mortality: an individual participant meta-analysis. Lancet 2010, 375(9709):132-140. 3162187, 20031199.