Nonlinear associations between computed tomography‐measures of adiposity and long pentraxin‐3 in the Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

• Main Authors: Michaela R. Anderson (Author), John S. Kim (Author), Anna Podolanczuk (Author), Jingzhong Ding (Author), Nadine Al‐Naamani (Author), Matthew Allison (Author), Jason Christie (Author), Joshua Diamond (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Objective Long pentraxin‐3 (PTX‐3) is an acute phase protein associated with cardiovascular disease, lung injury, and mortality. We evaluated the association between computed tomography (CT)‐measurements of adipose tissue and plasma levels of PTX‐3. Methods We performed a cross‐sectional an...