Ideal Cardiovascular Health and Incident Cardiovascular Events: The Jackson Heart Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The epidemiology of American Heart Association ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics has not been fully examined in African Americans. This study examines the associations of CVH metrics with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the Jackson Heart Study, a longitudinal cohort study of CVD in African Americans.

Methods

Jackson Heart Study participants without CVD (n=4,702) were followed prospectively between 2000 and 2011. Incidence rates and Cox proportional hazard ratios estimated risks for incident CVD (myocardial infarction, stroke, cardiac procedures, and CVD mortality) associated with seven CVH metrics by sex. Analyses were performed in 2015.

Results

Participants were followed for a median of 8.3 years; none had ideal health on all seven CVH m

SUBMITTER: Ommerborn MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5152585 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature