Prevalence of American Heart Association Heart Failure Stages in Black and White Young and Middle-Aged Adults: The CARDIA Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Staging criteria for heart failure (HF) range from stage 0 (without risk) to being at risk (stage A) to presence of cardiac structural/functional abnormalities (stage B) to symptomatic/end stage (stages C/D). There are limited data on the prevalence of these stages in early adulthood and predictors of HF stage and symptoms in middle age.

Methods and results

The CARDIA study (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults)-a cohort of generally healthy black and white men and women-collected phenotypic, echocardiographic, and outcomes data at the year 5 and year 30 examinations when participants were 22 to 37 and 47 to 62 years of age. Prevalence of HF stages was calculated and relationship of year 5 stage to year 30 classification and outcomes was assessed. At y

SUBMITTER: Gidding SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6741433 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature