Progression of subclinical atherosclerosis in ankylosing spondylitis: a 10-year prospective study

Abstract Chronic systemic inflammation contributes to increased CVD burden in Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS). Since long-term follow-up data on subclinical atherosclerosis acceleration are lacking, we examined its progression in contemporary AS patients during 10 years. Fifty-three (89% male, aged 50.4 (36.3–55.9) years,) non-diabetic, CVD-free AS patients and 53 age-sex-matched non-diabetic, control individuals were re-evaluated after 9.2–10.2 years by ultrasonography for carotid/femoral atheromatosis, pulse wave velocity (PWV) and intima-media thickness (IMT), performed by the same operator/protocol. New atheromatic plaque formation, PWV deterioration, and IMT increase were associated only with classical CVD risk factors, as reflected by the heartSCORE (age, gender, smoking status, blood pressure and cholesterol levels) by multivariate analysis, rather than disease presence. However, among AS patients, despite remission/low disease activity at follow-up end in 79%, atheromatosis progression was associated by multivariate analysis with higher BASDAI scores (p = 0.028), independently of biologic therapies administered in 2/3 of them. Moreover, in AS patients, but not in controls, PWV values at baseline were associated with plaque progression during the 10-year follow-up after taking into account baseline heartSCORE and plaque burden status (p = 0.033). Despite comparable prevalence of both hypertension and hypercholesterolemia at baseline between patients and controls, a lower percentage of AS patients had achieved “adequate” CVD risk factor control at follow-up end (11% vs 25% respectively, p = 0.076). Classical CVD risk factors and residual disease activity account for the progression of subclinical atherosclerosis in AS, pointing to the unmet needs in the contemporary management of these patients..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

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Rheumatology international - 44(2024), 4 vom: 13. Feb., Seite 643-652

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Arida, Aikaterini [VerfasserIn]
Fragoulis, George E. [VerfasserIn]
Terentes-Printzios, Dimitrios [VerfasserIn]
Konstantonis, George [VerfasserIn]
Protogerou, Athanasios D. [VerfasserIn]
Vlachopoulos, Charalambos [VerfasserIn]
Tektonidou, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Sfikakis, Petros P. [VerfasserIn]

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Ankylosing spondylitis
Atheromatous plaques
Atherosclerosis
Cardiovascular disease
Pulse wave velocity

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10.1007/s00296-023-05528-7

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SPR055023541