Olfaction and Coronary Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Poor olfaction may be associated with incident coronary heart disease (CHD) in older adults, but empirical evidence is limited.

Objective

To investigate the association of olfaction with risk of CHD.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based, retrospective analysis of secondary data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, an ongoing prospective cohort, included 5142 US older adults who did not have CHD and had olfaction as assessed at visit 5. At-risk participants were followed up from visit 5 (June 2011 to September 2013) to the date of the first outcome of interest, death, last contact, or December 31, 2020, whichever came first. Data analysis was conducted from March 2024 to January 2025.

Exposure

Olfaction was measured u

SUBMITTER: Chamberlin KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12576615 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature