Michael A Rosenberg1, Faye L Lopez2, Petra Bůžková3, Selcuk Adabag4, Lin Y Chen5, Nona Sotoodehnia6, Richard A Kronmal3, David S Siscovick6, Alvaro Alonso2, Alfred Buxton7, Aaron R Folsom2, Kenneth J Mukamal8. 1. Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Veteran's Administration Hospitals of Boston, Harvard Medical School, West Roxbury, MA; Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Electronic address: marosenberg@partners.org. 2. Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 3. Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle. 4. Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Division of Cardiology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN. 5. Division of Cardiology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis. 6. Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle. 7. Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 8. Division of General Medicine and Primary Care Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an important cause of mortality in the adult population. Height has been associated with cardiac hypertrophy and an increased risk of arrhythmias but also with decreased risk of coronary heart disease, suggesting a complex association with SCD. METHODS: We examined the association of adult height with the risk of physician-adjudicated SCD in two large population-based cohorts: the Cardiovascular Health Study and the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. RESULTS: Over an average follow-up time of 11.7 years in Cardiovascular Health Study, there were 199 (3.6%) cases of SCD among 5556 participants. In Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, over 12.6 years, there were 227 (1.5%) cases of SCD among 15,633 participants. In both cohorts, there was a trend toward decreased SCD with taller height. In fixed effects meta-analysis, the pooled hazard ratio per 10 cm of height was 0.84; 95% confidence interval, 0.73-0.98; P = .03. The association of increased height with lower risk of SCD was slightly attenuated after inclusion of risk factors associated with height, such as hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy. The association appeared stronger among men than women in both cohorts. CONCLUSIONS: In two population-based prospective cohorts of different ages, greater height was associated with lower risk of SCD. Published by Elsevier Inc.
PURPOSE:Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an important cause of mortality in the adult population. Height has been associated with cardiac hypertrophy and an increased risk of arrhythmias but also with decreased risk of coronary heart disease, suggesting a complex association with SCD. METHODS: We examined the association of adult height with the risk of physician-adjudicated SCD in two large population-based cohorts: the Cardiovascular Health Study and the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. RESULTS: Over an average follow-up time of 11.7 years in Cardiovascular Health Study, there were 199 (3.6%) cases of SCD among 5556 participants. In Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, over 12.6 years, there were 227 (1.5%) cases of SCD among 15,633 participants. In both cohorts, there was a trend toward decreased SCD with taller height. In fixed effects meta-analysis, the pooled hazard ratio per 10 cm of height was 0.84; 95% confidence interval, 0.73-0.98; P = .03. The association of increased height with lower risk of SCD was slightly attenuated after inclusion of risk factors associated with height, such as hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy. The association appeared stronger among men than women in both cohorts. CONCLUSIONS: In two population-based prospective cohorts of different ages, greater height was associated with lower risk of SCD. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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Body height; Cardiac; Death; Risk factors; Sudden
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