Temporal trends in the population attributable risk for cardiovascular disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The extent to which the relative contributions of traditional cardiovascular risk factors to incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) may have changed over time remains unclear.

Methods and results

We studied 13 541 participants (56% women, 26% black) in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, aged 52 to 66 years and free of CVD at exams in 1987 through 1989, 1990 through 1992, 1993 through 1995, or 1996 through 1998. At each examination, we estimated the population attributable risks (PAR) of traditional risk factors (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and smoking) for the 10-year incidence of CVD. Overall, the PAR of all risk factors combined appeared to decrease from the late 1980s to the late 1990s (0.58 to 0.53). The combined

SUBMITTER: Cheng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4161984 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature