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Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-7, Respiratory Symptoms, and Mortality in Community-Dwelling Adults. MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis)
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Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-7, Respiratory Symptoms, and Mortality in Community-Dwelling Adults. MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis)

Hilary F Armstrong, Anna J Podolanczuk, R Graham Barr, Elizabeth C Oelsner, Steven M Kawut, Eric A Hoffman, Russell Tracy, Naftali Kaminski, Robyn L McClelland and David J Lederer
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, Vol.196(10), pp.1311-1317
11/15/2017
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201701-0254OC
PMCID: PMC5694831
PMID: 28570100
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https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201701-0254OCView
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Abstract

Matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) has been implicated in interstitial lung disease pathobiology and proposed as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. To test associations between serum MMP-7 and lung function, respiratory symptoms, interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA), and all-cause mortality in community-dwelling adults sampled without regard to respiratory symptoms or disease. We measured serum MMP-7 in 1,227 participants in MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) at baseline. The 5-year outcome data were available for spirometry (n = 697), cough (n = 722), and dyspnea (n = 1,050). The 10-year outcome data were available for ILA (n = 561) and mortality (n = 1,227). We used linear, logistic, and Cox regression to control for potential confounders. The mean (±SD) serum MMP-7 level was 4.3 (±2.5) ng/ml (range, 1.2-24.1 ng/ml). In adjusted models, each natural log unit increment in serum MMP-7 was associated with a 3.7% absolute decrement in FVC% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.9-6.6%), a 1.6-fold increased odds of exertional dyspnea (95% CI = 1.3-1.9), a 1.5-fold increased odds of ILAs (95% CI = 1.1-2.1), and a 2.2-fold increased all-cause mortality rate (95% CI = 1.9-2.5). The associations with ILA and mortality tended to be stronger among never-smokers (P values for interaction 0.06 and 0.01, respectively). Serum MMP-7 levels may be a quantitative biomarker of subclinical extracellular matrix remodeling in the lungs of community-dwelling adults, which may facilitate investigation of subclinical interstitial lung disease.
Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data Independent Living - statistics & numerical data Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 - blood Humans Middle Aged Male Asymptomatic Diseases - mortality Lung Diseases, Interstitial - mortality Aged, 80 and over Adult Female Aged Lung Diseases, Interstitial - physiopathology

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