A Simple Community-Based Risk-Prediction Score for Sudden Cardiac Death.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although sudden cardiac death is a leading cause of death in the United States, most victims of sudden cardiac death are not identified as at risk prior to death. We sought to derive and validate a population-based risk score that predicts sudden cardiac death.

Methods

The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study recorded clinical measures from men and women aged 45-64 years at baseline; 11,335 white and 3780 black participants were included in this analysis. Participants were followed over 10 years and sudden cardiac death was physician adjudicated. Cox proportional hazards models were used to derive race-specific equations to estimate the 10-year sudden cardiac death risk. Covariates for the risk score were selected from available demographic and clinica

SUBMITTER: Bogle BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5910195 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature