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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2023

Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in US Adults With and Without Diabetes.

Michael Fang, Dan Wang, Olive Tang, John William McEvoy, Justin B Echouffo-Tcheugui, Robert H Christenson, Elizabeth Selvin

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael FangJohns Hopkins University Baltimore MD.ORCID 0000-0003-2849-1780
Dan WangJohns Hopkins University Baltimore MD.
Olive TangJohns Hopkins University Baltimore MD.ORCID 0000-0002-8075-1298
John William McEvoyJohns Hopkins University Baltimore MD.ORCID 0000-0001-6530-5479
Justin B Echouffo-TcheuguiJohns Hopkins University Baltimore MD.ORCID 0000-0002-8460-1617
Robert H ChristensonUniversity of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore MD.ORCID 0000-0003-2612-9083
Elizabeth SelvinJohns Hopkins University Baltimore MD.ORCID 0000-0001-6923-7151
Johns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Establishing the Pathways Between Diabetes and Cardiac Dysfunction: Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and ImagingK23HL153774 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ECHOUFFO TCHEUGUI, JUSTIN BASILE · 2020 to 2024
$991k
Research and Mentoring in the Clinical Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 DiabetesK24HL152440 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SELVIN, ELIZABETH · 2020 to 2024
$612k
NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL153774NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL152440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background We characterized the burden and prognostic value of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) assessed by cardiac biomarkers among adults with and without diabetes in the general US population. Methods and Results We measured hs-cTnT (high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T) and NT-proBNP (N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide) in stored serum samples from the 1999 to 2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Among US adults without a history of CVD (n=10 304), we estimated the prevalence of elevated hs-cTnT (≥14 ng/L) and NT-proBNP (≥125 pg/mL) in those with and without diabetes. We examined the associations between elevated hs-cTnT and NT-proBNP with all-cause and CVD mortality after adjustment for demographics and traditional CVD risk factors. The crude prevalence of subclinical CVD (elevated hs-cTnT or NT-proBNP) was ≈2 times higher in adults with (versus without) diabetes (33.4% versus 16.1%). After age adjustment, elevated hs-cTnT, but not elevated NT-proBNP, was more common in those with diabetes, overall and across age, sex, race and ethnicity, and weight status. The prevalence of elevated hs-cTnT was significantly higher in those with longer diabetes duration and worse glycemic control. In persons with diabetes, elevated hs-cTnT and NT-proBNP were independently associated with all-cause mortality (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 1.77 [95% CI, 1.33-2.34] and HR, 1.78 [95% CI, 1.26-2.51]) and CVD mortality (adjusted HR, 1.54 [95% CI, 0.83-2.85] and HR, 2.46 [95% CI, 1.31-4.60]). Conclusions Subclinical CVD affects ≈1 in 3 US adults with diabetes and confers substantial risk for mortality. Routine testing of cardiac biomarkers may be useful for assessing and monitoring risk in persons with diabetes.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes MellitusAdultBiomarkersHumansNatriuretic Peptide, BrainNutrition SurveysPeptide FragmentsPrognosisRisk FactorsTroponin TBiomarkersNatriuretic Peptide, BrainPeptide FragmentsTroponin Tcardiac troponindiabetesNT‐proBNPpopulation‐based studyscreening

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PMID37254959
PMCPMC10381986
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