女性における肺栓塞の危険因子の将来性研究
S Z Goldhaber1, F Grodstein, M J Stampfer
1Channing Laboratory, Boston, Mass, USA. szgoldhabe@bics.bwh.harvard.edu
JAMA
|February 26, 1997
まとめ
肥満,喫煙,高血圧は,女性における肺栓塞 (PE) の重要な危険因子です. これらの要因の管理は,PEと冠動脈疾患のリスクを減らすことができます.
科学分野:
- 心血管科学 心血管科学
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 女性の健康 女性の健康
背景:
- 肺栓塞 (PE) は,いくつかの既知の危険因子を持つ深刻な疾患です.
- 女性における修正可能な危険因子を特定することは,予防戦略にとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- ライフスタイルと生理学的要因と,女性における肺栓塞の発症リスクとの関連を調査する.
主な方法:
- 112,822人の30~55歳の女性を対象に,16年間 (1976~1992) 追跡調査を行った.
- 体重,喫煙,高血圧,糖尿病,高コレステロール血症に関する2年に一度のアンケートによって収集されたデータです.
- 280例の肺栓塞が記録され,125例が一次性肺栓塞として分類されました.
主要な成果:
- 肥満 (BMI ≥29.0 kg/m2) は,プライマリPEのほぼ3倍のリスク増加と独立して関連していました (RR=2.9).
- 激しいタバコ喫煙 (≥35タバコ/日) は,一次性PEリスク (RR=3.3) を著しく増加させた.
- 高血圧は,BMIを調整した後でも,プライマリPEリスクの増加 (RR=1.9) を独立して予測した.
結論:
- 肥満,喫煙,高血圧は,女性における肺栓塞の主要な独立した危険因子です.
- これらの変更可能な危険因子を制御することで,PEの発生率を減らすことができます.
- これらの介入は,冠動脈疾患のリスクを低下させることもできる.
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