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Published on: October 13, 2023
Salivary immunoglobulins and prevalent coronary artery disease
S Janket1, J H Meurman, A E Baird
1General Dentistry, Boston University School of Dental Medicine, 100 East Newton Street, Rm. G-619, Boston, MA 02118, USA. skjanket@bu.edu
Abstract:
Previous studies examined the serum immunoglobulin levels in relation to coronary artery disease (CAD). We hypothesized that the salivary immunoglobulins might better estimate oral infections in this relationship. Multivariate logistic regression analyses utilizing the data from 256 angiographically confirmed CAD patients and 250 non-CAD individuals that controlled for age, sex, smoking, diabetes, total/HDL cholesterol ratio, hypertension, and education revealed the trends that salivary IgA was positively and salivary IgG was inversely associated with CAD. The odds ratios (OR) of each increasing quartile of salivary IgA were 1.00 (first and second quartiles combined), 1.97, and 1.37 (p-value for trend = 0.06), while those for salivary IgG were 1.00, 0.77, 0.60, and 0.51 (p-value for trend = 0.02). Additionally, salivary IgA correlated positively with C-reactive protein and Asymptotic Dental Score (dental infection score), while IgG was inversely associated with these inflammation markers. Salivary IgA warrants further studies to confirm its role in the risk assessment of CAD.
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