Chest Symptoms and Long-Term Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We sought to evaluate the associations of chest pain and dyspnea with the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease including coronary disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and stroke.

Methods

In 13,200 participants without cardiovascular disease in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study (1987-1989), chest pain was categorized into definite angina, possible angina, non-anginal chest pain, and no chest pain using the Rose questionnaire. Dyspnea was categorized into grades 3-4, 2, 1, and 0 by the modified Medical Research Council scale. The associations of chest pain and dyspnea with incident myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and stroke over a median follow-up of ∼27 years were quantified with multivariable Cox models.

Result

SUBMITTER: Ejiri K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11585413 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature