献血と男性における冠動脈疾患のリスク
A Ascherio1, E B Rimm, E Giovannucci
1Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. alberto.ascherio@channing.harvard.edu
Circulation
|January 4, 2001
まとめ
献血による体内の鉄の貯蔵量の減少は,冠動脈性心疾患 (CHD) のリスクを低下させなかった. この研究では,献血歴と心筋梗塞または致命的なCHDイベントとの関連は見つかりませんでした.
科学分野:
- 心血管疾患の疫学について
- 鉄代謝と健康について
背景:
- 実験的な研究は,鉄過負荷が動脈硬化症と心筋梗塞性心筋損傷を促進することを示唆しています.
- 鉄の貯蔵量と冠動脈疾患 (CHD) リスクに関する疫学的な研究は,矛盾した結果をもたらしました.
研究 の 目的:
- 献血によって体内の鉄の貯蔵量を減らすことが,心血管疾患のリスクの低下と関連しているかどうかを調査する.
- 生涯献血歴と心筋梗塞の発生率,冠動脈疾患の死亡率との関係を調べる.
主な方法:
- 1992年に心血管疾患のない健康専門家のフォローアップ研究から38,244人の男性を対象とした前向きな研究.
- 血液献血の生涯歴をアンケートで評価し,非致死性心筋梗塞と冠動脈死亡について4年間参加者を追跡した.
- 献血頻度とCHDリスクとの関連性を分析し,潜在的な混同要因を調整した.
主要な成果:
- 献血は血フェリチン濃度の低下と強く関連しており,体内の鉄の貯蔵量が減少していることを示している.
- 生涯献血数と心筋梗塞または致命的なCHDのリスクとの間に有意な関連性は見つかりませんでした.
- 最も高い献血カテゴリーにおける心筋梗塞の相対リスクは1.2 (95%CI 0.8-1.8) であり,調整後も変わらない.
結論:
- この発見は,献血による体内の鉄貯蔵量の減少が冠動脈疾患のリスクを低下させるという仮説を裏付けません.
- 鉄の状態と心血管の健康との複雑な関係を完全に解明するには,さらなる研究が必要になる可能性があります.
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