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Association Between 5-year Change in Cardiovascular Risk and the Incidence of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases: a Multi-cohort Study

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Journal J Transl Med
Publisher Biomed Central
Date 2023 Sep 2
PMID 37660053
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Abstract

Background: The influence of the historical cardiovascular risk status on future risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is poorly understood. We aimed to investigate the association between 5-year changes in cardiovascular risk and ASCVD incidence.

Methods: We analyzed pooled data from seven community-based prospective cohort studies with up to 20 years of follow-up data. The study populations included White or Black participants aged 40-75 years without prevalent ASCVD. Cardiovascular risk was assessed using the pooled cohort equation and was categorized into non-high (< 20%) or high risk (≥ 20%). Changes in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk over a 5-year interval were recorded. The main outcome was incident ASCVD.

Results: Among 11,026 participants (mean [SD] age, 60.0 [8.1] years), 4272 (38.7%) were female and 3127 (28.4%) were Black. During a median follow-up period of 9.9 years, 2560 (23.2%) ASCVD events occurred. In comparison with individuals showing a consistently high CVD risk, participants whose CVD risk changed from non-high to high (hazard ratio [HR], 0.67; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.59-0.77) or high to non-high (HR, 0.57; 95% CI 0.41-0.80) and those with a consistently non-high risk (HR, 0.33; 95% CI 0.29-0.37) had a lower risk of incident ASCVD. In comparison with individuals showing a consistently non-high CVD risk, participants whose CVD risk changed from high to non-high (HR, 1.74; 95% CI 1.26-2.41) or from non-high to high risk (HR, 2.04; 95% CI 1.84-2.27) and those with a consistently high risk (HR 3.03; 95% CI 2.69-3.42) also showed an increased risk of incident ASCVD.

Conclusions: Individuals with the same current CVD risk status but different historical CVD risks exhibited varying risks of future ASCVD incidents. Dynamic risk evaluation may enable more accurate cardiovascular risk stratification, and decision-making regarding preventive interventions should take the historical risk status into account.

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