Abstract P032: Soluble CD14 Level is a Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factor in Younger-aged Black Adults of the Reasons for Geographical and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study

Introduction: CD14 plays an important role in the innate immune response and promotes inflammation. Soluble CD14 (sCD14) is produced during an acute phase response and following cleavage from immune cell surfaces upon activation. Higher sCD14 may be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, however prospective studies evaluating sCD14 with incident coronary heart disease (CHD) events are limited. We examined the association of sCD14 levels with...