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動脈の硬さのマーカーである大動脈パルス波速度の上昇は,機能の良い高齢者の心血管疾患を予測します
Kim Sutton-Tyrrell1, Samer S Najjar, Robert M Boudreau
1Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Tyrrell@edc.pitt.edu
Circulation
|June 22, 2005
まとめ
高動脈脈波速度 (aPWV) は,動脈の硬さの尺度であり,高齢者の死亡率と心血管疾患の増加に関連しています. この発見は,aPWVがコミュニティに住む高齢者の健康状態の有意な予測要因であることを強調しています.
科学分野:
- 心血管医学は,心血管医学である.
- ゲロントロジーはゲロントロジーの学科です.
- バイオメディカルエンジニアリング
背景:
- 老化は,血管の硬化と大動脈脈波速度 (aPWV) の増加と関連しています.
- aPWVの上昇は,臨床での死亡率と関連しているが,一般集団では広く研究されていない.
- 動脈の硬さは,高齢者の心血管健康の重要な指標である.
研究 の 目的:
- 地域社会に住む高齢者のaPWVと総死亡率との関連を調査する.
- aPWVが心血管 (CV) 死亡率とCVイベントを予測するかどうかを判断する.
- 一般的な高齢者集団におけるaPWVの予後値を評価する.
主な方法:
- 大動脈脈波速度 (aPWV) は,健康,老化,体組成 (Health ABC) 研究の2488人の参加者に測定されました.
- 参加者の死亡率,死亡原因,および心血管疾患 (心血管疾患,脳卒中,心不全) が4.6年間にわたって追跡されました.
- 統計的分析では,aPWV四分位数と健康への悪影響との関連を調査し,共変数を調整した.
主要な成果:
- 高いaPWVレベルは,全死亡率 (RR 1.5-1.7) と心血管死亡率 (RR 2.1-3.0) の増加と有意に関連していました.
- aPWVの上昇は,冠動脈疾患 (CHD) と脳卒中のより高い発生率と有意に関連していました.
- これらの関連性は,年齢,性別,人種,血圧,および既存の心血管疾患を調整した後も持続しました.
結論:
- 大動脈脈波速度 (aPWV) は,高齢者の動脈硬さの重要なマーカーです.
- aPWVの上昇は,コミュニティに住む高齢者の心血管死亡率,心血管疾患,脳卒中の増加と独立して関連しています.
- aPWVは,一般的な高齢者集団における有害な心血管疾患の予測に役立ちます.
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