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AIMS: The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guideline on cardiovascular risk assessment considers coronary artery calcium a class B indication for risk assessment. We evaluated the degree to which coronary artery calcium can change the recommendation for individuals based on a change in estimated risk. METHODS AND RESULTS: We stratified 5602 MESA participants according to the ESC recommendation as: no lipid-lowering treatment recommended ( N = 2228), consider lipid-lowering treatment if uncontrolled ( N = 1686), or lipid-lowering treatment recommended ( N = 1688). We evaluated the ability of coronary artery calcium to reclassify cardiovascular risk. Among the selected sample, 54% had coronary artery calcium of zero, 25% had coronary artery calcium of 1-100 and 21% had coronary artery calcium greater than 100. In the lipid-lowering treatment recommended group 31% had coronary artery calcium of zero, while in the lipid-lowering treatment if uncontrolled group about 50% had coronary artery calcium of zero. The cardiovascular mortality rate was 1.7%/10 years in the lipid-lowering treatment if uncontrolled, and 7.0%/10 years in the lipid-lowering treatment recommended group. The absence of coronary artery calcium was associated with 1.4%/10 years in the lipid-lowering treatment if uncontrolled group and 3.0%/10 years in the lipid-lowering treatment recommended group. Compared with coronary artery calcium of zero, any coronary artery calcium was associated with significantly higher cardiovascular mortality in the lipid-lowering treatment recommended group (9.0%/10 years), whereas only coronary artery calcium greater than 100 was significantly associated with a higher cardiovascular mortality in the lipid-lowering treatment if uncontrolled group (3.2%/10 years). CONCLUSION: The absence of coronary artery calcium is associated with a low incidence of cardiovascular mortality or coronary heart disease events even in individuals in whom lipid-lowering therapy is recommended. A significant proportion of individuals deemed to be candidates for lipid-lowering therapy might be reclassified to a lower risk group with the use of coronary artery calcium.
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Angiografia Coronária , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/diagnóstico por imagem , Dislipidemias/tratamento farmacológico , Hipolipemiantes/uso terapêutico , Lipídeos/sangue , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto/normas , Calcificação Vascular/diagnóstico por imagem , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Biomarcadores/sangue , Tomada de Decisão Clínica , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/etnologia , Dislipidemias/sangue , Dislipidemias/diagnóstico , Dislipidemias/etnologia , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Prognóstico , Estudos Prospectivos , Medição de Risco , Fatores de Risco , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia , Calcificação Vascular/etnologiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of aerobic fitness on exercise heart rate (HR) indices in an asymptomatic cohort across different body mass index (BMI) categories. METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 506 working-class Brazilian subjects, free of known clinical cardiovascular disease(e.g. ischemic heart disease and stroke) who underwent an exercise stress test. RESULTS: There was a significant trend towards decreased HR at peak exercise, HR recovery and chronotropic index (CI) measures as BMI increased, but resting HR increased significantly across BMI categories. In multivariate analysis, the change in CI per unit change in metabolic equivalents of task was greater among the obese subjects than the normal-weight (2.7 vs. 0.07; p interaction = 0.029)and overweight (2.7 vs. 0.7; p interaction = 0.044) subjects. A similar pattern was seen with peak HR and HR recovery, although the formal tests of interaction did not achieve statistical significance. CONCLUSION: Our findings strongly suggest that fitness is associated with a favorable HR profile and is modified by BMI. Intervention programs should place emphasis on fitness and not only on weight loss.
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Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiologia , Teste de Esforço , Frequência Cardíaca/fisiologia , Obesidade/complicações , Fumar/epidemiologia , Adulto , Índice de Massa Corporal , Brasil , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Modelos Lineares , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: To determine the relationship between clinically relevant blood pressure (BP) groups and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) presence and severity especially in the milieu of other metabolic risk factors. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From a Brazilian cohort of 5362 healthy middle-aged men and women who presented for yearly physical examination and testing, the cross-sectional relationship between BP categories and NAFLD was assessed. BP groups were categorized as normal, prehypertension (PHT), and hypertension (HTN) according to the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure classification. NAFLD was ultrasound diagnosed, excluding persons with alcohol consumption more than 20âg/day. NAFLD severity was estimated using the Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) risk score. RESULTS: The prevalence of NAFLD was 36.2%. Participants with NAFLD were older (mean 46 vs. 42 years, Pâ<â0.001) and had elevated BMI (mean 29.0 vs. 24.7âkg/m, Pâ<â0.001). The prevalence of NAFLD among persons with normal BP, PHT, and HTN was 16.5, 37.5, and 59.3%, respectively. In multivariate analyses, PHT and HTN were associated with elevated odds of NAFLD (PHT-adjusted odds ratio 1.3, 95% confidence interval 1.1, 1.6; HTN-adjusted odds ratio 1.8, 95% confidence interval 1.4-2.3) compared with normal BP. Among nonobese hypertensive patients, BP control (BPâ<â140/90âmmHg) was independently associated with 40% lower odds of prevalent NAFLD. Compared with hypertensive patients, both normotensive individuals and prehypertensive patients were more likely to have a low fibrosis risk (FIB-4â≥â1.3). CONCLUSION: Prevalent NAFLD may be seen early in the development of hypertension, even in the absence of other metabolic risk factors. Controlling BP among nonobese hypertensive patients may be beneficial in preventing or limiting NAFLD.
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Pressão Sanguínea/fisiologia , Hipertensão/epidemiologia , Hepatopatia Gordurosa não Alcoólica/epidemiologia , Adulto , Pressão Sanguínea/efeitos dos fármacos , Brasil/epidemiologia , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Razão de Chances , Pré-Hipertensão/epidemiologia , Prevalência , Fatores de Risco , Índice de Gravidade de DoençaRESUMO
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with obesity and insulin resistance and has been linked with increased cardiovascular risk. Although physical activity (PA) and lifestyle modification are often recommended in patients at cardiovascular risk, the benefit across the cardiometabolic risk spectrum is unclear. We aimed to evaluate the relation of PA and NAFLD independent of metabolic syndrome (MS) or obesity. We evaluated 5,743 healthy Brazilian subjects (43 ± 10 years, 79% men) without clinical coronary heart disease from December 2008 to December 2010. NAFLD was diagnosed using ultrasounds, and self-reported PA was assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire scale. In a multivariate logistic regression adjusted for cardiometabolic risk factors, we evaluated for an independent association of NAFLD and PA. In the total study population, NAFLD prevalence was 36% (n = 2,075), obesity 23% (1,300), and MS 20% (1,152). NAFLD was more prevalent in subjects with MS (74%) than those without (26%) and in those obese (73%) than in those nonobese (25%). Overall, 1,305 (23%) subjects reported low activity, 1,990 (35%) moderate activity, and 2,448 (42%) high activity. NAFLD prevalence was lower at higher levels of reported PA (low 45%, moderate 38%, and high 30%, p <0.001). After adjusting for risk factors, subjects with high activity had lower odds of having NAFLD. The favorable association was independent of obesity or MS. In conclusion, PA presents a dose-response association with NAFLD independent of the MS or obesity. Our results are compatible with the idea that benefits of PA are relevant to everyone regardless of cardiometabolic risk.