Total and differential WBC counts are related with coronary artery atherosclerosis and increase the risk for cardiovascular disease in Koreans

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 7; p. e0180332
• Main Authors: Kim, Jung Hee, Lim, Soo, Park, Kyong Soo, Jang, Hak Chul, Choi, Sung Hee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 28.07.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Aged; Arteriosclerosis; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Atherosclerosis; Atherosclerosis - blood; Atherosclerosis - epidemiology; Biology and Life Sciences; Blood cells; Blood pressure; Calcification; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - blood; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Care and treatment; CAT scans; Cholesterol; Computed tomography; Coronary artery; Coronary artery disease; Coronary Artery Disease - blood; Coronary Artery Disease - epidemiology; Coronary heart disease; Coronary vessels; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Female; Health aspects; Health risks; Heart; Heart diseases; Humans; Inflammation; Internal medicine; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Koreans; Leukocytes; Leukocytes - cytology; Logistic Models; Lymphocytes; Male; Medical imaging; Medical records; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Monocytes; Morphology; Patients; Plaques; Regression analysis; Regression models; Retrospective Studies; Risk; Risk Factors; Stenosis; Studies; Systematic review; Tomography; White blood cell count; Women; Japan

Inflammation is a key mechanism of atherosclerosis. White blood cells (WBCs) play a pivotal role in the inflammatory process. We investigated the relationships between total and differential WBC counts and multi-detector cardiac computed tomography (MDCT) findings, as well as the risk of cardiovascu...