Prevalence, correlates, and mortality impacts of ventricular arrhythmia among older men and women: a population-based cohort study in Moscow.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Russia, cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is high and the mortality gap between men and women is large. Conventional risk factors cannot explain these phenomena. Ventricular arrhythmia (VA) is an important contributor to the death toll in community-based populations. The study examines the prevalence and the mortality impacts of VA in men and women and the role of VA in the male mortality excess at older ages.

Methods

This is a secondary analysis of data from the Stress, Aging, and Health in Russia (SAHR) study that was fielded in 2007-9 in Moscow (1800 individuals, mean age 68.8 years), with mean mortality follow-up of 7.4 years (416 deaths, 248 CVD deaths). Indicators reflecting the frequency and the complexity of VA were derived from 24-h ambulatory ECG

SUBMITTER: Shkolnikova MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7871639 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature