Cardiovascular Health Changes in Young Adults and Risk of Later-Life Cardiovascular Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Associations of midlife cardiovascular health (CVH), measured once, with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) are well described. Less is known about patterns of young adulthood CVH, including its changes and associations with later-life CVD outcomes.

Objective

To model patterns of change in population-level and individual-level CVH through young adulthood and to assess whether they are associated with incident CVD in later life.

Design, setting, and participants

The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study is a prospective longitudinal cohort study that enrolled Black and White participants at ages 18 to 30 years in 1985 and 1986 with subsequent follow-up examinations during the next 35 years at 4 urban US centers. Participants with

SUBMITTER: Guo JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12501802 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature