腹腔动脉合和年轻成年人的心血管风险:非洲PREDICT研究
Hannes Holm1,2, Ruan Kruger3,4, Amra Jujic1,2
1Department of Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
概括
在年轻的成年人中,通过脉冲波速度/全球纵向应变比率来衡量的较差的腹腔动脉合 (VAC) 与高血压和吸烟等心血管风险因素有关. 这一发现表明VAC可能有助于早期的心血管风险评估.
科学领域:
- 心血管生理学心血管生理学
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 预防性心脏病学 预防性心脏病学
背景情况:
- 心室-动脉合 (VAC) 对心血管健康和风险分层至关重要.
- 关于未被诊断为心血管疾病的年轻成年人VAC的数据有限.
- 了解VAC与青年风险因素的关联对于早期干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在没有明显心血管疾病的年轻人中描述心室动脉合 (VAC).
- 在这个人群中调查VAC和各种心血管风险因素之间的关联.
- 探索VAC与人体测量和心声回声测量的关系.
主要方法:
- 对631名年轻成年人 (平均年龄24岁) 的横截面研究.
- 评估的VAC使用带脉冲波速率 (PWV) 与全球纵向应变 (GLS) 的比率.
- 多变量回归模型分析了PWV/GLS比率和心血管风险因素之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 较高的PWV/GLS比率与年龄较大,男性性别以及心血管风险因素的患病率增加有关.
- 在较高的PWV/GLS和活跃吸烟 (OR 1.88) 和高血压 (OR 1.98) 之间发现了显著的关联.
- 更糟糕的VAC与较低的射出分数和较高的左心室质量指数相关.
结论:
- 较高的PWV/GLS比率表明年轻成年人的心室动脉合较差.
- 这些发现突显了年轻人中较差的VAC和关键心血管风险因素之间的显著关联.
- PWV/GLS比率显示了作为一种工具的潜力,可以在年轻人中增强心血管风险概况.
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