Cognitive performance in late adolescence and long-term risk of early heart failure in Swedish men.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Heart failure (HF) incidence appears to increase among younger individuals, raising questions of how risk factors affect the younger population. We investigated the association of cognitive performance in late adolescence with long-term risk of early HF.

Methods and results

We followed a cohort of Swedish men enrolled in mandatory military conscription in 1968-2005 (n = 1 225 300; mean age 18.3 years) until 2014 for HF hospitalization, using data from the Swedish National Inpatient Registry. Cognitive performance (IQ) was measured through a combination of tests, separately evaluating logical, verbal, visuospatial, and technical abilities. The results were standardized, weighted, and presented as stanines of IQ. The association between IQ and risk of HF was estimated usi

SUBMITTER: Lindgren M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6607476 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature