Subclinical Vascular Disease Burden and Premature Mortality Among Middle-aged Adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether high burden of subclinical vascular disease (SVD) is associated with increased premature mortality among middle-aged adults is not adequately understood. The association of midlife SVD burden with premature mortality among middle-aged adults free of clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) could provide further insights into stratifying premature death beyond clinical CVD.

Objective

To determine whether high burden of subclinical vascular disease is associated with increased premature mortality among middle-aged adults.

Design

We leveraged data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

Participants

Thirteen thousand eight hundred seventy-six community-dwelling blacks and whites aged 45-64 years from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communit

SUBMITTER: Wu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8298717 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature