Cardiac Structure and Function and Diabetes-Related Risk of Death or Heart Failure in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Background Whether cardiac structure and function abnormalities associated with dysglycemia are sufficient to explain the increased risk of death or heart failure (HF) remains unclear. Methods and Results We analyzed 6059 participants (mean age, 75±5 years; 58% women; and 22% Black individuals) who attended the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) study visit 5 examination (2011-2013). Participants were categorized as no diabetes, pre-diabetes, and diabetes (on the basis of medical history and glycated hemoglobin values). We assessed whether diabetes modified the association between echocardiographic measures of cardiac structure and function and the composite of all-cause death or HF hospitalization and then estimated the extent to which the increased risk of the composite outcome a

SUBMITTER: Inciardi RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9075318 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature