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. 2022 Sep 12;9(6):4177–4188. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.14140

Table 4.

Association of immune cell subsets with incident heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Immune cell subsets MESA CHS Meta‐analysis
HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value
Monocytes
Classical monocytes 0.95 (0.72–1.25) 0.72
Intermediate monocytes 0.97 (0.73–1.28) 0.80
Non‐classical monocytes 1.10 (0.86–1.40) 0.43
Innate lymphocytes
Natural killer cells 1.00 (0.79–1.26) 0.98 0.90 (0.75–1.07) 0.24 0.93 (0.81–1.08) 0.34
γδ T cells 0.94 (0.70–1.26) 0.68 1.04 (0.88–1.24) 0.63 1.01 (0.88–1.18) 0.85
CD4 + T cells
Pan‐CD4+ T cells 0.99 (0.78–1.27) 0.95 0.93 (0.79–1.10) 0.40 0.95 (0.83–1.09) 0.46
T helper 1 1.06 (0.83–1.34) 0.65 1.04 (0.88–1.24) 0.63 1.05 (0.91–1.20) 0.50
T helper 2 1.10 (0.84–1.45) 0.47 0.87 (0.70–1.08) 0.21 0.96 (0.81–1.13) 0.61
T helper 17 0.98 (0.79–1.22) 0.86 0.98 (0.82–1.18) 0.83 0.98 (0.86–1.12) 0.78
T regulatory cells 1.01 (0.80–1.29) 0.92 0.91 (0.75–1.09) 0.28 0.94 (0.82–1.09) 0.43
Naive 0.88 (0.71–1.10) 0.27 1.08 (0.93–1.26) 0.33 1.01 (0.89–1.14) 0.87
Memory 1.06 (0.85–1.32) 0.59 0.96 (0.81–1.15) 0.66 1.00 (0.87–1.14) 1.00
Activated or T regulatory 0.92 (0.71–1.21) 0.56 1.01 (0.84–1.22) 0.90 0.98 (0.84–1.14) 0.81
Activated or mature 1.04 (0.89–1.22) 0.61
Differentiated/senescent (CD4 + CD28−) 1.16 (0.90–1.50) 0.24 1.07 (0.92–1.25) 0.38 1.10 (0.96–1.25) 0.17
Differentiated/senescent (CD4 + CD57+) 1.10 (0.85–1.42) 0.45 1.04 (0.88–1.22) 0.64 1.06 (0.92–1.21) 0.42
Differentiated/senescent (CD4 + CD28 − CD57+) 1.08 (0.84–1.39) 0.54 1.04 (0.90–1.21) 0.58 1.05 (0.93–1.20) 0.43
TEMRA 1.00 (0.77–1.29) 0.97 1.02 (0.88–1.19) 0.79 1.01 (0.89–1.15) 0.84
CD8+ T cells
Pan‐CD8+ T cells 1.09 (0.84–1.41) 0.50 1.00 (0.86–1.18) 0.95 1.03 (0.90–1.18) 0.68
Naïve 1.13 (0.93–1.38) 0.23 1.04 (0.89–1.22) 0.61 1.08 (0.95–1.22) 0.25
Memory 0.84 (0.68–1.05) 0.12 0.95 (0.81–1.12) 0.54 0.91 (0.80–1.04) 0.15
Activated or mature 1.12 (0.95–1.31) 0.18
Differentiated/senescent (CD8 + CD28−) 1.05 (0.80–1.37) 0.71 1.14 (0.97–1.33) 0.11 1.11 (0.97–1.27) 0.12
Differentiated/senescent (CD8 + CD57+) 1.04 (0.82–1.33) 0.72 1.03 (0.89–1.20) 0.65 1.04 (0.91–1.18) 0.57
Differentiated/senescent (CD8 + CD28 − CD57+) 1.10 (0.85–1.43) 0.47 1.04 (0.89–1.21) 0.64 1.05 (0.92–1.20) 0.44
TEMRA 1.07 (0.87–1.32) 0.53 1.04 (0.89–1.21) 0.62 1.05 (0.93–1.18) 0.44
B cells
Pan‐CD19+ B cells 1.01 (0.77–1.31) 0.96 1.06 (0.90–1.26) 0.47 1.05 (0.91–1.20) 0.53
Memory 1.06 (0.80–1.39) 0.69 0.95 (0.78–1.17) 0.65 0.99 (0.84–1.16) 0.90

Analysis adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, clinical site, immune cell analytical batch, alcohol use, smoking status, physical activity, BMI, diabetes, systolic blood pressure, use of anti‐hypertensive medications, LDL‐C, HDL‐C, use of statin therapy, eGFR, and CMV serostatus. Multiple imputation method used.