Elevated Cardiac Biomarkers in Relatively Healthy U.S. Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the importance of early cardiovascular disease (CVD) intervention, little data exists for evaluating cardiovascular risk in adults without traditional CVD risk factors (e.g., diabetes, hypertension).

Methods

We included 4,544 adults from the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey without prevalent diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, or CVD. We used multi-variable adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression modeling to assess the relationship between logarithmically transformed cardiac biomarkers (high sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT), hs-cTnI (Abbott, Ortho, and Siemens assays), and NT-proBNP) and CVD mortality among a nationally representative cohort of relatively healthy adults.

Results

The mean age was 38.

SUBMITTER: Claudel SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10705644 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature