Title | Association of coronary heart disease incidence with carotid arterial wall thickness and major risk factors: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, 1987-1993. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1997 |
Authors | Chambless LE, Heiss G, Folsom AR, Rosamond W, Szklo M, Sharrett AR, Clegg LX |
Journal | Am J Epidemiol |
Volume | 146 |
Issue | 6 |
Pagination | 483-94 |
Date Published | 1997 Sep 15 |
ISSN | 0002-9262 |
Keywords | Age Distribution, Arteriosclerosis, Carotid Arteries, Coronary Disease, Female, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Minnesota, Proportional Hazards Models, Risk Factors, Sex Distribution, Tunica Intima, Tunica Media |
Abstract | Few studies have determined whether greater carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) in asymptomatic individuals is associated prospectively with increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). In the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, carotid IMT, an index of generalized atherosclerosis, was defined as the mean of IMT measurements at six sites of the carotid arteries using B-mode ultrasound. The authors assessed its relation to CHD incidence over 4-7 years of follow-up (1987-1993) in four US communities (Forsyth County, North Carolina; Jackson, Mississippi; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Washington County, Maryland) from samples of 7,289 women and 5,552 men aged 45-64 years who were free of clinical CHD at baseline. There were 96 incident events for women and 194 for men. In sex-specific Cox proportional hazards models adjusted only for age, race, and center, the hazard rate ratio comparing extreme mean IMT (> or = 1 mm) to not extreme ( |
DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009302 |
Alternate Journal | Am J Epidemiol |
PubMed ID | 9290509 |
Grant List | N01-HC-55015 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-55016 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-55018 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States |