%0 Journal Article %A T Kilic %A D Ural %A E Ural %A Z Yumuk %A A Agacdiken %A T Sahin %A G Kahraman %A G Kozdag %A A Vural %A B Komsuoglu %T Relation between proinflammatory to anti-inflammatory cytokine ratios and long-term prognosis in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome %D 2006 %R 10.1136/hrt.2005.080382 %J Heart %P 1041-1046 %V 92 %N 8 %X Objective: To investigate the relation between serum high sensitivity (hs) C reactive protein (CRP), proinflammatory cytokine concentrations, proinflammatory to anti-inflammatory cytokine ratios and long-term prognosis in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS). Design: Prospective follow-up study for the first six months and then for the first year after admission to hospital. Setting: Tertiary referral centre. Patients: 80 patients (60 men, 20 women, mean age 60 (SD 10) years) with NSTEACS and moderate to high TIMI (Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction) risk scores. Interventions: Blood samples from patients with NSTEACS were obtained at the time of admission. Serum concentrations of hs-CRP, (hs) pro-inflammatory (interleukin (IL) -1β, IL-6, tumour necrosis factor α) and (hs) anti-inflammatory (IL-10) cytokines were analysed and proinflammatory to anti-inflammatory cytokine ratios were calculated by dividing proinflammatory cytokine concentrations by anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10. Main outcome measure: The primary end point of the study was new coronary events (NCE) defined as the combination of cardiac death, non-fatal myocardial infarction and recurrent rest angina that required hospitalisation within 12 months of follow up. Results: During the one-year follow-up period, 23 patients (29%) met the NCE criteria. Concentrations of hs-CRP, IL-1β and IL-6 and ratios of IL-1β:IL-10 and IL-6:IL-10 were significantly higher in patients with NCE than in patients without NCE. In the logistic regression analysis, IL-6:IL-10 ratio was the most important predictor for NCE (p  =  0.006) with an odds ratio of 2.24 (95% CI 1.26 to 3.97). Conclusions: Cytokine concentrations and proinflammatory to anti-inflammatory cytokine ratios may be useful markers for predicting vascular risk in patients with NSTEACS. %U https://heart.bmj.com/content/heartjnl/92/8/1041.full.pdf