Susan A Everson-Rose1, Carlos F Mendes de Leon2, Nicholas S Roetker3, Pamela L Lutsey3, Alvaro Alonso4. 1. Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis. 2. Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor. 3. Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 4. Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Abstract
Background: We examined associations of three markers of subclinical cardiovascular disease (intimal-medial thickening, coronary artery calcification , and ankle-brachial index) with changes in self-reported walking over time. Methods: Data were from 6,490 Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis participants (aged 45-84 years), free of clinical cardiovascular disease at baseline. Outcomes, assessed four times over 11 years, included self-reported walking pace (none to striding pace; score, 0-4) and total walking time (minutes/week). Linear generalized estimating equation models estimated associations of baseline intimal-medial thickening (z-scored), coronary artery calcification (Agatston units), and ankle-brachial index (ratio of ankle-to-arm systolic blood pressure) with walking pace and walking time modeled continuously in separate analyses. Results: Median follow-up was 9.2 years (maximum, 11.4). Walking pace (estimate, -0.042 points [95% CI; -0.048, -0.036], p < 0.0001) and walking time (estimate, -4.71 minutes [95% CI: -8.54, -0.88], p = 0.016) decreased yearly. Greater baseline intimal-medial thickening related to faster decline in walking pace in multivariable analyses: walking pace score decreased 0.004 points (95% CI: -0.008, -0.001) more per year for each 1-SD higher intimal-medial thickening z-score, equivalent to an additional 10% slower yearly walking. Greater coronary artery calcification was associated with slower walking but inconsistently related to decline in walking pace. Higher ankle-brachial index was associated with faster baseline walking pace (estimate, 0.043 points [95% CI: 0.027, 0.059] per 1-SD) but unrelated to changes in walking pace. Cardiovascular disease measures were unrelated to total walking time. Conclusions: Greater subclinical cardiovascular disease is associated with prevalent slower self-reported walking pace in middle-aged and older adults but has limited impact on changes in walking over time.
Background: We examined associations of three markers of subclinical cardiovascular disease (intimal-medial thickening, coronary artery calcification , and ankle-brachial index) with changes in self-reported walking over time. Methods: Data were from 6,490 Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosisparticipants (aged 45-84 years), free of clinical cardiovascular disease at baseline. Outcomes, assessed four times over 11 years, included self-reported walking pace (none to striding pace; score, 0-4) and total walking time (minutes/week). Linear generalized estimating equation models estimated associations of baseline intimal-medial thickening (z-scored), coronary artery calcification (Agatston units), and ankle-brachial index (ratio of ankle-to-arm systolic blood pressure) with walking pace and walking time modeled continuously in separate analyses. Results: Median follow-up was 9.2 years (maximum, 11.4). Walking pace (estimate, -0.042 points [95% CI; -0.048, -0.036], p < 0.0001) and walking time (estimate, -4.71 minutes [95% CI: -8.54, -0.88], p = 0.016) decreased yearly. Greater baseline intimal-medial thickening related to faster decline in walking pace in multivariable analyses: walking pace score decreased 0.004 points (95% CI: -0.008, -0.001) more per year for each 1-SD higher intimal-medial thickening z-score, equivalent to an additional 10% slower yearly walking. Greater coronary artery calcification was associated with slower walking but inconsistently related to decline in walking pace. Higher ankle-brachial index was associated with faster baseline walking pace (estimate, 0.043 points [95% CI: 0.027, 0.059] per 1-SD) but unrelated to changes in walking pace. Cardiovascular disease measures were unrelated to total walking time. Conclusions: Greater subclinical cardiovascular disease is associated with prevalent slower self-reported walking pace in middle-aged and older adults but has limited impact on changes in walking over time.
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