Bone Mineral Density and Risk of Heart Failure in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study.

ABSTRACT: Despite increasing evidence of a common link between bone and heart health, the relationship between bone mineral density (BMD) and heart failure (HF) risk remains insufficiently studied. We investigated whether BMD measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry was associated with incident HF in an older cohort. Cox models were stratified by sex and interactions of BMD with race assessed. BMD was examined at the total hip and femoral neck separately, both continuously and by World Health Organization categories. Of 1250 participants, 442 (55% women) developed HF during the median follow-up of 10.5 years. In both black and nonblack women, neither total hip nor femoral neck BMD was significantly associated with HF; there was no significant interaction by race. In black and nonblack men, total

SUBMITTER: Fohtung RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5523996 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature