Cardiovascular Health Status and Incidence of Heart Failure in the Framingham Offspring Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The American Heart Association Cardiovascular Health (CVH) score is inversely associated with cardiovascular disease, but its relations to cardiac remodeling traits and heart failure (HF) incidence have not been examined.

Methods and results

A 14-point score was constructed for each participant based on the presence of poor, intermediate, or ideal status on each of the 7 CVH metrics (ideal score=14). We related the CVH score to echocardiographic traits cross-sectionally and to HF incidence prospectively in the Framingham Offspring Study. In age- and sex-adjusted models, a higher CVH score was associated with lower left ventricular (LV) mass, LV wall thickness, LV diastolic dimension, and left atrial dimension (P<0.01 for all; n=2392; mean age, 58 years; 56% women)

SUBMITTER: Nayor M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4692176 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature