TY - JOUR
T1 - Favorable cardiovascular health at young and middle ages and dementia in older age—The CHA study
AU - Vu, Thanh Huyen T.
AU - Zhao, Lihui
AU - Liu, Lei
AU - Schiman, Cuiping
AU - Lloyd-Jones, Donald M.
AU - Daviglus, Martha L.
AU - Liu, Kiang
AU - Garside, Daniel B.
AU - Stamler, Jeremiah
AU - Fries, James F.
AU - Shih, Ya Chen Tina
AU - Allen, Norrina B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Authors.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Background-—Data are sparse on the association of cardiovascular health (CVH) in younger/middle age with the incidence of dementia later in life. Methods and Results-—We linked the CHA (Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry) study data, assessed in 1967 to 1973, with 1991 to 2010 Medicare and National Death Index data. Favorable CVH was defined as untreated systolic blood pressure/diastolic blood pressure ≤120/≤80 mm Hg, untreated serum total cholesterol <5.18 mmol/L, not smoking, bone mass index <25 kg/m 2 , and no diabetes mellitus. International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes and claims dates were used to identify the first dementia diagnosis. Cox models were used to estimate hazard ratios of incident dementia after age 65 years by baseline CVH status. Among 10 119 participants baseline aged 23 to 47 years, 32.4% were women, 9.2% were black, and 7.3% had favorable baseline CVH. The incidence rate of dementia during follow-up after age 65 was 13.9%. After adjustment, the hazard ratio for incident dementia was lowest in those with favorable baseline CVH and increased with higher risk factor burden (P-trend<0.001). The hazards of dementia in those with baseline favorable, moderate, and 1-only high-risk factor were lower by 31%, 26%, and 20%, respectively, compared with those with ≥2 high-risk factors. The association was attenuated but remained significant (P-trend<0.01) when the model was further adjusted for competing risk of death. Patterns of associations were similar for men and women, and for those with a higher and lower baseline education level. Conclusions-—In this large population-based study, a favorable CVH profile at younger age is associated with a lower risk of dementia in older age.
AB - Background-—Data are sparse on the association of cardiovascular health (CVH) in younger/middle age with the incidence of dementia later in life. Methods and Results-—We linked the CHA (Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry) study data, assessed in 1967 to 1973, with 1991 to 2010 Medicare and National Death Index data. Favorable CVH was defined as untreated systolic blood pressure/diastolic blood pressure ≤120/≤80 mm Hg, untreated serum total cholesterol <5.18 mmol/L, not smoking, bone mass index <25 kg/m 2 , and no diabetes mellitus. International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes and claims dates were used to identify the first dementia diagnosis. Cox models were used to estimate hazard ratios of incident dementia after age 65 years by baseline CVH status. Among 10 119 participants baseline aged 23 to 47 years, 32.4% were women, 9.2% were black, and 7.3% had favorable baseline CVH. The incidence rate of dementia during follow-up after age 65 was 13.9%. After adjustment, the hazard ratio for incident dementia was lowest in those with favorable baseline CVH and increased with higher risk factor burden (P-trend<0.001). The hazards of dementia in those with baseline favorable, moderate, and 1-only high-risk factor were lower by 31%, 26%, and 20%, respectively, compared with those with ≥2 high-risk factors. The association was attenuated but remained significant (P-trend<0.01) when the model was further adjusted for competing risk of death. Patterns of associations were similar for men and women, and for those with a higher and lower baseline education level. Conclusions-—In this large population-based study, a favorable CVH profile at younger age is associated with a lower risk of dementia in older age.
KW - Aging
KW - Alzheimer’s disease
KW - Cardiovascular disease risk factors
KW - Dementia
KW - Epidemiology
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U2 - 10.1161/JAHA.118.009730
DO - 10.1161/JAHA.118.009730
M3 - Article
C2 - 30590968
AN - SCOPUS:85059240785
SN - 2047-9980
VL - 8
JO - Journal of the American Heart Association
JF - Journal of the American Heart Association
IS - 1
M1 - e009730
ER -