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10-year follow-up of subclinical cardiovascular disease and risk of coronary heart disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study.

Title10-year follow-up of subclinical cardiovascular disease and risk of coronary heart disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2006
AuthorsKuller, LH, Arnold, AM, Psaty, BM, Robbins, JA, O'Leary, DH, Tracy, RP, Burke, GL, Manolio, TA, Chaves, PHM
JournalArch Intern Med
Volume166
Issue1
Pagination71-8
Date Published2006 Jan 09
ISSN0003-9926
KeywordsAfrican Continental Ancestry Group, Aged, Blood Chemical Analysis, Cardiovascular Diseases, Comorbidity, Coronary Disease, Echocardiography, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Incidence, Male, Multivariate Analysis, Prevalence, Proportional Hazards Models, Regression Analysis, Risk Factors, Sex Distribution, United States
Abstract<p><b>BACKGROUND: </b>The incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) is very high among individuals 65 years or older.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>We evaluated the relationships between measurements of subclinical disease at baseline (1989-1990) and at the third-year follow-up examination (1992-1993) and subsequent incidence of cardiovascular disease and total mortality as of June 2001. Approximately 61% of the participants without clinical cardiovascular disease at baseline had subclinical disease based on our previously described criteria from the Cardiovascular Health Study.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>The incidence of CHD was substantially increased for participants with subclinical disease compared with those who had no subclinical disease: 30.5 per 1000 person-years with and 16.3 per 1000 person-years without for white individuals, and 31.2 per 1000 person-years with and 12.5 per 1000 person-years without for black individuals. The risk persisted over the entire follow-up period. Incidence rates were higher for men than for women with or without subclinical disease, but there was little difference in rates for black individuals and white individuals.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>In multivariable models, subclinical disease at baseline remained a significant predictor of CHD in both men and women; the hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) of their relative risks were 1.64 (1.30-2.06) and 1.49 (1.21-1.84), respectively. The presence of subclinical disease substantially increased the risk of subsequent CHD for participants with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, or elevated C-reactive protein. In summary, subclinical disease is very prevalent among older individuals, is independently associated with risk of CHD even over a 10-year follow-up period, and substantially increases the risk of CHD among participants with hypertension or diabetes mellitus.</p>
DOI10.1001/archinte.166.1.71
Alternate JournalArch Intern Med
PubMed ID16401813
Grant ListN01-85079 / / PHS HHS / United States
N01-HC-15103 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-15129 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-85086 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States