Impacts of smoking status on the clinical outcomes of coronary non-target lesions in patients with coronary heart disease:a single-center angiographic study

Background:Coronary atherosclerotic plaque could go through rapid progression and induce adverse cardiac events.This study aimed to evaluate the impacts of smoking status on clinical outcomes of coronary non-target lesions.Methods:Consecutive patients with coronary heart disease who underwent two serial coronary angiographies were included.All coronary non-target lesions were recorded at first coronary angiography and analyzed using quantitative coronary angiography at both procedures.Patients were grouped into non-smokers,quitters,and smokers according to their smoking status.Clinical outcomes including rapid lesion progression,lesion re-vascularization,and myocardial infarction were recorded at second coronary angiography.Multivariable Cox regression analysis was used to investigate the association between smoking status and clinical outcomes.Results:A total of 1255 patients and 1670 lesions were included.Smokers were younger and more likely to be male compared with nonsmokers.Increase in percent diameter stenosis was significantly lower(2.7[0.6,7.1]%vs.3.5[0.9,8.9]%)and 3.4[1.1,7.7]%,P=0.020)in quitters than those in smokers and non-smokers.Quitters tended to have a decreased incidence of rapid lesions progression(15.8%[76/482]vs.21.6%[74/342]and 20.6%[89/431],P=0.062),lesion re-vascularization(13.1%[63/482]vs.15.5%[53/432]and 15.5%[67/431],P=0.448),lesion-related myocardial infarction(0.8%[4/482]vs.2.6%[9/342]and 1.4%[6/431],P=0.110)and all-cause myocardial infarction(1.9%[9/482]vs.4.1%[14/342]and 2.3%[10/431],P=0.128)compared with smokers and non-smokers.In multivariable analysis,smoking status was not an independent predictor for rapid lesion progression,lesion re-vascularization,and lesion-related myocardial infarction except that a higher risk of all-cause myocardial infarction was observed in smokers than non-smokers(hazards ratio:3.00,95%confidence interval:1.04-8.62,P=0.042).Conclusion:Smoking cessation mitigates the increase in percent diameter stenosis of coronary non-target lesions,meanwhile,smokers are associated with increased risk for all-cause myocardial infarction compared with non-smokers.

Polymorphisms in NF-κB,PXR,LXR,PPARγ and risk of inflammatory bowel disease

AIM:To investigate the contribution of polymorphisms in nuclear receptors to risk of inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) . METHODS:Genotypes of nuclear factor(NF) -κB(NFKB1) NFκB-94ins/del(rs28362491) ;peroxisome proliferatoractivated receptor(PPAR) -γ(PPARγ) PPARγPro12Ala(rs1801282) and C1431T(rs 3856806) ;pregnane X receptor(PXR) (NR1I2) PXR A-24381C(rs1523127) ,C8055T(2276707) ,and A7635G(rs 6785049) ;and liver X receptor(LXR) (NR1H2) LXR T-rs1405655-C and T-rs2695121-C were assessed in a Danish case-control study of 327 Crohn's disease patients,495 ulcerative colitis(UC) patients,and 779 healthy controls.Odds ratio(OR) and 95%CI were estimated by logistic regression models. RESULTS:The PXR A7635G variant,the PPARγPro12Ala and LXR T-rs2695121-C homozygous variant genotypes were associated with risk of UC(OR:1.31,95% CI:1.03-1.66,P=0.03,OR:2.30,95%CI:1.04-5.08,P=0.04,and OR:1.41,95%CI:1.00-1.98,P=0.05,respectively) compared to the corresponding homozygous wild-type genotypes.Among never smokers,PXR A7635G and the LXR T-rs1405655-C and T-rs2695121-C variant genotypes were associated with risk of IBD(OR:1.41,95%CI:1.05-1.91,P=0.02,OR:1.63,95%CI:1.21-2.20,P=0.001,and OR:2.02,95%CI:1.36-2.99,P=0.0005,respectively) compared to the respective homozygous variant genotypes.PXR A7635G(rs6785049) variant genotype was associated with a higher risk of UC diagnosis before the age of 40 years and with a higher risk of extensive disease(OR:1.34,95%CI:1.03-1.75 and OR:2.49,95%CI:1.24-5.03,respectively) . CONCLUSION:Common PXR and LXR polymorphisms may contribute to risk of IBD,especially among never smokers.

Comparison of culture in English (Learning) Speech Communication

This paper mainly talks about the differences of speech communication betweenChina and Britain- In comparison of status, Conditions and actions of speech with culture, we getto know that culture is different in China and Britain- lf Chinese learners want to learn Englishwelt they must know some thing about its culture. otherwise, we cannt say that thcy haveleamed English well. As to how culture is learned and tapht, it needs us English teachers to havefurther research on culture in the comng days.