Association Between Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Veterans Health Administration Study
MGUS is an independent risk factor of incident CVD across all atherosclerotic CVD risk categories in a heterogeneous cohort of US veterans. These findings underscore the connection between the immune system and CVD and suggest that determination of MGUS status is of clinical utility in adults at risk for CVD.
Authors
- Su‐Hsin Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5872-9556)
- Lawrence Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8559-7739)
- Graham A. Colditz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7307-0291)
- Daphne R. Friedman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2938-5704)
- Kristen M. Sanfilippo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0433-7845)
- Martin William Schoen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6388-5553)
- Mei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3560-9460)
- Tzeyu L. Michaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2053-3942)
- Theodore Thomas
Institutions
- Nebraska Medical Center (US)
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Veterans Health Administration (US)
- St. Louis VA Medical Center (US)
- City of Hope (US)
- Durham VA Health Care System (US)
- UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels (BE)
- Saint Louis University (US)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Heart Association
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.125.042187
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.67