Nils Lehmann1, Stefan Möhlenkamp2, Amir A Mahabadi3, Axel Schmermund4, Ulla Roggenbuck1, Rainer Seibel5, Dietrich Grönemeyer6, Thomas Budde7, Nico Dragano8, Andreas Stang9, Klaus Mann10, Susanne Moebus1, Raimund Erbel3, Karl-Heinz Jöckel11. 1. Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry & Epidemiology, University Clinic Essen, Germany. 2. Clinic of Cardiology, West-German Heart Center Essen, University Clinic Essen, Germany; Clinic of Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Bethanien Hospital, Moers, Germany. 3. Clinic of Cardiology, West-German Heart Center Essen, University Clinic Essen, Germany. 4. Cardioangiological Center Bethanien, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 5. Diagnosticum Mülheim, Mülheim, Germany. 6. Department of Radiology and Microtherapy, University Witten/Herdecke, Bochum, Germany. 7. Clinic of Cardiology, Alfried Krupp Hospital, Essen, Germany. 8. Institute of Medical Sociology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany. 9. Institute of Clinical Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany. 10. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders and Division of Laboratory Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. 11. Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry & Epidemiology, University Clinic Essen, Germany. Electronic address: k-h.joeckel@uk-essen.de.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Coronary artery calcium (CAC) indicates coronary atherosclerosis and can be present in very early stages of the disease. The conversion from no CAC to any CAC reflects an important step of the disease process as cardiovascular risk is increased in persons even with mildly elevated CAC. We sought to identify risk factors that determined incident CAC>0 in men and women from an unselected general population with a special focus on the role of smoking. METHODS: All 4814 persons that were initially studied in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study were invited to participate in the follow-up examination after 5.1 ± 0.3 years. All traditional Framingham risk factors were quantified using standard techniques. Smokers were categorized in never, former and present smokers. The CAC scores were measured from EBCT using the Agatston method. RESULTS: Overall, out of 342 men and 919 women with zero CAC at baseline, 107 (31.3%) men and 210 (22.9%) women had CAC>0 at second examination. In multivariable analysis, age (OR estimate per 5 years: 1.34 (95%CI: 1.21-1.47)), LDL cholesterol (per 10 mg/dL: 1.05 (95%CI: 1.01-1.10)), systolic blood pressure (per 10 mmHg: 1.19 (95%CI: 1.11-1.28)) and current smoking (1.49 (95%CI: 1.04-2.15)) were independent predictors of CAC onset. The probability of CAC onset steadily increased with age from 23.3% (men) and 15.3% (women) at age 45-49 years to 66.7% (men) and 42.9% (women) at age 70-74 years. The difference in age-dependent conversion rates was quantified by years between reaching a given level of CAC onset probability. We found a consistent pattern with respect to smoking status: presently (formerly) smoking middle-aged men convert to positive CAC 10 (5) years earlier than never smokers, for women (middle-aged to elderly) this time span is 8 (5) years. CONCLUSION: Several traditional CVD risk factors are associated with CAC onset during 5 years follow-up. CAC onset is accelerated by approximately 10 (5) years for present (former) compared to never smokers.
BACKGROUND: Coronary artery calcium (CAC) indicates coronary atherosclerosis and can be present in very early stages of the disease. The conversion from no CAC to any CAC reflects an important step of the disease process as cardiovascular risk is increased in persons even with mildly elevated CAC. We sought to identify risk factors that determined incident CAC>0 in men and women from an unselected general population with a special focus on the role of smoking. METHODS: All 4814 persons that were initially studied in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study were invited to participate in the follow-up examination after 5.1 ± 0.3 years. All traditional Framingham risk factors were quantified using standard techniques. Smokers were categorized in never, former and present smokers. The CAC scores were measured from EBCT using the Agatston method. RESULTS: Overall, out of 342 men and 919 women with zero CAC at baseline, 107 (31.3%) men and 210 (22.9%) women had CAC>0 at second examination. In multivariable analysis, age (OR estimate per 5 years: 1.34 (95%CI: 1.21-1.47)), LDL cholesterol (per 10 mg/dL: 1.05 (95%CI: 1.01-1.10)), systolic blood pressure (per 10 mmHg: 1.19 (95%CI: 1.11-1.28)) and current smoking (1.49 (95%CI: 1.04-2.15)) were independent predictors of CAC onset. The probability of CAC onset steadily increased with age from 23.3% (men) and 15.3% (women) at age 45-49 years to 66.7% (men) and 42.9% (women) at age 70-74 years. The difference in age-dependent conversion rates was quantified by years between reaching a given level of CAC onset probability. We found a consistent pattern with respect to smoking status: presently (formerly) smoking middle-aged men convert to positive CAC 10 (5) years earlier than never smokers, for women (middle-aged to elderly) this time span is 8 (5) years. CONCLUSION: Several traditional CVD risk factors are associated with CAC onset during 5 years follow-up. CAC onset is accelerated by approximately 10 (5) years for present (former) compared to never smokers.
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