Emmanuel Akintoye1, Karim Mahmoud1, Mohamed Shokr1, Aubin Sandio2, Sagar Mallikethi-Reddy3, Muhammad Sheikh1, Oluwole Adegbala4, Alexander Egbe5, Alexandros Briasoulis6, Luis Afonso3. 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan. 2. Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan. 3. Division of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York. 4. Englewood Hospital and Medical Center/Seton Hall University, Englewood, New Jersey. 5. Division of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 6. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Section of Heart Failure and Transplant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Evidence exists for racial/ethnic differences in left ventricular mass index (LVMI). How this translates to future cardiovascular disease (CVD) events is unknown. HYPOTHESIS: The impact of racial/ethnic differences in LVMI on incident cardiovascular outcomes could have potential implications for the optimization of risk stratification strategies. METHODS: Using the prospectively collected database of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) involving 4 racial/ethnic groups (non-Hispanic Whites, Chinese, Blacks, and Hispanics) free of CVD at baseline, we assessed for racial/ethnic differences in the relationship between LVMI and incident CVD using a Cox model. RESULTS: 5004 participants (mean age, 62 ± 10 years; 48% male) were included in this study. After an average follow-up of 10.2 years, 369 (7.4%) CVD events occurred. Significant racial/ethnic differences existed in the relationship between LVMI and incident CVD (P for interaction = 0.04). Notably, the relationship was strongest for Chinese (HR per 10-unit increase in LVMI: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.1-2.8) and Hispanics (HR per 10-unit increase in LVMI: 1.9, 95% CI: 1.5-2.2). Non-Hispanic Whites demonstrated the lowest relationship (HR: 1.3, 95% CI: 1.1-1.5). LVMI values of 36.9 g/m2.7 , 31.8 g/m2.7 , 39.9 g/m2.7 , and 41.7 g/m2.7 were identified as optimal cutpoints for defining left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) for non-Hispanic Whites, Chinese, Blacks, and Hispanics, respectively. In secondary analysis of LVH (vs no LVH) using these optimal cutpoints, we found a similar pattern of association as above (P for interaction = 0.04). For example, compared with those without LVH, Chinese with LVH had HR: 5.3, 95% CI: 1.6-17, whereas non-Hispanic Whites with LVH had HR: 1.6, 95% CI: 1.2-2.1 for CVD events. CONCLUSIONS: Among 4 races/ethnicities studied, LVMI has more prognostic utility predicting future CVD events for Chinese and Hispanics and is least significant for non-Hispanic Whites.
BACKGROUND: Evidence exists for racial/ethnic differences in left ventricular mass index (LVMI). How this translates to future cardiovascular disease (CVD) events is unknown. HYPOTHESIS: The impact of racial/ethnic differences in LVMI on incident cardiovascular outcomes could have potential implications for the optimization of risk stratification strategies. METHODS: Using the prospectively collected database of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) involving 4 racial/ethnic groups (non-Hispanic Whites, Chinese, Blacks, and Hispanics) free of CVD at baseline, we assessed for racial/ethnic differences in the relationship between LVMI and incident CVD using a Cox model. RESULTS: 5004 participants (mean age, 62 ± 10 years; 48% male) were included in this study. After an average follow-up of 10.2 years, 369 (7.4%) CVD events occurred. Significant racial/ethnic differences existed in the relationship between LVMI and incident CVD (P for interaction = 0.04). Notably, the relationship was strongest for Chinese (HR per 10-unit increase in LVMI: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.1-2.8) and Hispanics (HR per 10-unit increase in LVMI: 1.9, 95% CI: 1.5-2.2). Non-Hispanic Whites demonstrated the lowest relationship (HR: 1.3, 95% CI: 1.1-1.5). LVMI values of 36.9 g/m2.7 , 31.8 g/m2.7 , 39.9 g/m2.7 , and 41.7 g/m2.7 were identified as optimal cutpoints for defining left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) for non-Hispanic Whites, Chinese, Blacks, and Hispanics, respectively. In secondary analysis of LVH (vs no LVH) using these optimal cutpoints, we found a similar pattern of association as above (P for interaction = 0.04). For example, compared with those without LVH, Chinese with LVH had HR: 5.3, 95% CI: 1.6-17, whereas non-Hispanic Whites with LVH had HR: 1.6, 95% CI: 1.2-2.1 for CVD events. CONCLUSIONS: Among 4 races/ethnicities studied, LVMI has more prognostic utility predicting future CVD events for Chinese and Hispanics and is least significant for non-Hispanic Whites.
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