High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T and Risk of Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diagnosis of hypertension is often preceded by cardiac structural abnormalities. Thus, we assessed whether high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT), a marker of subclinical myocardial damage, can identify individuals at risk for hypertension or left ventricular hypertrophy.

Methods and results

We studied 6516 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study participants who were free of prevalent hypertension and cardiovascular disease at baseline (1990-1992). We examined the association of baseline hs-cTnT categories with incident diagnosed hypertension (defined by self-report of a diagnosis or medication use during a maximum of 19.9 years of follow-up) and with incident visit-based hypertension (defined by self-report, medication use, or measured blood

SUBMITTER: McEvoy JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4558242 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature