Association between coexisting hypertension, dyslipidaemia and elevated C reactive protein with cardiovascular disease and mortality: a cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis in a representative cohort of older US adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Hypertension and dyslipidemia are established risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but are often insufficient alone in predicting CVD. Inflammation also contributes to CVD, but research on the co-occurrence of inflammation, hypertension, and dyslipidemia and CVD risk is limited. Knowledge of inflammatory status in addition to other risk factors is vital for clinicians to correctly evaluate patients for CVD risk.

Methods

Prospective data from the Health and Retirement Study, a representative cohort of US adults over 50 years of age (n = 7895) were used. The average participant age was 68.8 years, and 54.9% were female. 80.7% were Non-Hispanic White, 10.1% were Non-Hispanic Black, and 9.2% were Hispanic. Hypertension, dyslipidemia, and elevated C-reactive p

SUBMITTER: Karadimas T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11580688 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature