Abstract:
ob<x>jective To investigate the predictive value of monocyte to high density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (MHR) for coronary artery calcification in patients with hypertension.Methods From July 2018 to December 2020, a total of 153 patients with hypertension who were admitted to the Department of Cardiology, the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University were enrolled and divided into coronary artery non-calcification group and coronary artery calcification group according to coronary CT angiography (CTA) results.??General patient data and laboratory test results were collected and MHR was calculated.??The correlation between MHR and coronary artery calcification score (CACS) was analyzed by Pearson method.??Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the predictive value of MHR for coronary artery calcification in patients with hypertension.?Results There were significant differences in age, smoking, diabetes, white blood cell count, monocyte count, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and MHR between non-calcified coronary artery group and calcified coronary artery group (P<0.05).??There were statistically significant differences in MHR and CACS scores among patients with different degrees of calcification (P<0.05).??With the aggravation of calcification, MHR level also increased (P<0.05).??There was a positive correlation between MHR and CACS scores in hypertensive patients (r =0.475, P<0.01).ROC curve analysis showed that the area under curve (AUC) of MHR for predicting coronary artery calcification was 0.684 (95%CI: 0.600-0.767, P<0.01). The sensitivity and specificity of MHR were 0.671 and 0.592, respectively, when the optimal cutoff value was 0.310.?The AUC of MHR for predicting severe calcification of the coronary artery was 0.828 (95%CI: 0.741-0.915, P<0.01), and the sensitivity and specificity were 0.852 and 0.673, respectively, when the optimal cutoff value was 0.361.Conclusion MHR increases with the aggravation of coronary artery calcification in patients with hypertension, which has certain predictive value for coronary artery calcification in patients with hypertension