Coronary heart disease risk factors in men and women aged 60 years and older: findings from the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program

Circulation
P H FrostJ Stamler

Abstract

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common cause of death in men and women aged 60 years and older. Although a number of studies support the concept that CHD risk factors that have been defined in younger adults are significantly associated with CHD events in older adults, others do not support this thesis, and further definition of the risk-factor concept in older adults is required. The Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program recruited 4736 persons (mean age, 72 years); 14% were black, and 43% were men. Mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures were 170 and 77 mm Hg, respectively. About 13% of participants were current smokers; 10% had a history of diabetes; 5%, a prior myocardial infarction; 5% angina pectoris; 2.3%, intermittent claudication; and 7%, a carotid bruit. Mean total cholesterol value was 6.11 mmol/L. Mean follow-up was 4.5 years. In multivariate Cox regression analyses for CHD, variables that were significant were baseline total cholesterol value, smoking, history of diabetes, presence of carotid bruit, and treatment group in the trial. Active treatment yielded a 27% reduction in CHD risk. For each 1.03 mmol/L increase in total cholesterol value, there was an increase in risk of about 20%. Current sm...Continue Reading

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