ArticleAtherosclerosis2015
Carotid atherosclerosis and cardiovascular health metrics in old subjects from the AGES-Reykjavik study.
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- Life's essential 8 and risk of subclinical atherosclerosis progression: a prospective cohort study.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2024Article
- Association between cardiovascular health metrics and retinal ageing.GeroScience · 2023Article
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- Sex disparities in cardiovascular health metrics among rural-dwelling older adults in China: a population-based study.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Relationship of ideal cardiovascular health metrics with retinal vessel calibers and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness: a cross-sectional study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2018Article
- Ideal Cardiovascular Health Metrics Associated with Reductions in the Risk of Extracranial Carotid Artery Stenosis: a Population-based Cohort Study.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Leukocyte telomere length and ideal cardiovascular health in American Indians: the Strong Heart Family Study.European journal of epidemiology · 2017Article
- The Association of Ideal Cardiovascular Health and Atherogenic Index of Plasma in Rural Population: A Cross-Sectional Study from Northeast China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
- Airflow obstruction, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk factors in the AGES Reykjavik study.Atherosclerosis · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundIdeal cardiovascular (CV) health by simultaneous presence of 7 ideal health metrics (blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, smoking, BMI, physical activity and diet) has been defined by the American Heart Association. In the current study we investigated the association of a CV health score (range 0-14), on the extent and progression of carotid atherosclerosis, assessed as carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and total plaque area (TPA) by ultrasound at 5 years interval. METHODS AND
resultsA total of 219 participants (age 75.6 ± 5.1) from the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility (AGES)-Reykjavik study were studied. Men with poor (low) CV health score had greater TPA than those with more optimal (high) score (61.5 (SD: 32.3), 44.4 (24.2) and 37.7 (23.2) mm(2) for those with CV health score ≤6, 7-9 and ≥10 respectively, p < 0.05). In linear analysis for men, log TPA was 0.088 mm(2) (SE: 0.040 p < 0.05) smaller for each additional point in the CV health score. CV health score was not associated with TPA in women, or cIMT in either sex. TPA increased in both sexes between visits. However, CV health score did not predict carotid atherosclerosis progression.
conclusionsCV health score is associated with TPA in older men but not in women. Men with poor CV health score at the baseline visit had more extensive carotid atherosclerosis than those with better CV health score, although it did not predict the progression of carotid atherosclerosis.
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