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Glycated hemoglobin measurement and prediction of cardiovascular disease

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Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Gao, Pei, Khan, Hassan, Butterworth, Adam S., Wormser, David, Kaptoge, Stephen, Kondapally Seshasai, Sreenivasa Rao, Thompson, Alex +67 more·2014·JAMA

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: The value of measuring levels of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) for the prediction of first cardiovascular events is uncertain. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether adding information on HbA1c values to conventional cardiovascular risk factors is associated with improvement in prediction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Analysis of individual-participant data available from 73 prospective studies involving 294,998 participants without a known history of diabetes mellitus or CVD at the baseline assessment. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Measures of risk discrimination for CVD outcomes (eg, C-index) and reclassification (eg, net reclassification improvement) of participants across predicted 10-year risk categories of low (<5%), intermediate (5% to <7.5%), and high (≥ 7.5%) risk. RESULTS: During a median follow-up of 9.9 (interquartile range, 7.6-13.2) years, 20,840 incident fatal and nonfatal CVD outcomes (13,237 coronary heart disease and 7603 stroke outcomes) were recorded. In analyses adjusted for several conventional cardiovascular risk factors, there was an approximately J-shaped association between HbA1c values and CVD risk. The association between HbA1c values and CVD risk changed only slightly after adjustment for total cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations or estimated glomerular filtration rate, but this association attenuated somewhat after adjustment for concentrations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and C-reactive protein. The C-index for a CVD risk prediction model containing conventional cardiovascular risk factors alone was 0.7434 (95% CI, 0.7350 to 0.7517). The addition of information on HbA1c was associated with a C-index change of 0.0018 (0.0003 to 0.0033) and a net reclassification improvement of 0.42 (-0.63 to 1.48) for the categories of predicted 10-year CVD risk. The improvement provided by HbA1c assessment in prediction of CVD risk was equal to or better than estimated improvements for measurement of fasting, random, or postload plasma glucose levels. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In a study of individuals without known CVD or diabetes, additional assessment of HbA1c values in the context of CVD risk assessment provided little incremental benefit for prediction of CVD risk.

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Di Angelantonio, E., Gao, P., Khan, H., Butterworth, A. S., Wormser, D., Kaptoge, S., Kondapally Seshasai, S. R., Thompson, A., Sarwar, N., Willeit, P., Ridker, P. M., Barr, E. L. M., Khaw, K.-T., Psaty, B. M., Brenner, H., Balkau, B., Dekker, J. M., Lawlor, D. A., Daimon, M., Willeit, J., Njølstad, I., Nissinen, A., Brunner, E. J., Kuller, L. H., Price, J. F., Sundström, J., Knuiman, M. W., Feskens, E. J. M., Verschuren, W. M. M., Wald, N., Bakker, S. J. L., Whincup, P. H., Ford, I., Goldbourt, U., Gómez-de-la-Cámara, A., Gallacher, J., Simons, L. A., Rosengren, A., Sutherland, S. E., Björkelund, C., Blazer, D. G., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Onat, A., Marín Ibañez, A., Casiglia, E., Jukema, J. W., Simpson, L. M., Giampaoli, S., Nordestgaard, B. G., Selmer, R., Wennberg, P., Kauhanen, J., Salonen, J. T., Dankner, R., Barrett-Connor, E., Kavousi, M., Gudnason, V., Evans, D., Wallace, R. B., Cushman, M., D’Agostino, R. B., Umans, J. G., Kiyohara, Y., Nakagawa, H., Sato, S., Gillum, R. F., Folsom, A. R., van der Schouw, Y. T., Moons, K. G., Griffin, S. J., Sattar, N., Wareham, N. J., Selvin, E., Thompson, S. G., & Danesh, J.
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Corresponding author
Danesh, John
Venue
JAMA
Published
2014-03-26
Volume
311
Issue
12
Pages
1225
ISSN
  • 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
  • 0098-7484
OpenAlex
W2114008139
Cited by
231
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24.27
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Language
en
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Funders
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0512-10165, NF-SI-0512-10114)
  • British Heart Foundation (RG/08/013/25942, RG/13/16/30528, PG/13/66/30442, RG/08/014/24067)
  • National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000062)
  • Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12015/4, MR/K013351/1, MR/L003120/1)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
Keywords
HbA1c, cardiovascular risk prediction, coronary artery disease, stroke, risk discrimination, net reclassification improvement, cardiovascular risk factors, J-shaped association, fasting blood glucose, post-load glucose, C-reactive protein, HDL cholesterol, estimated glomerular filtration rate, non-diabetic adults
MeSH terms
Aged, C-Reactive Protein, Coronary Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Female, Glycated Hemoglobin, Humans, Cholesterol, HDL, Male, Middle Aged, Predictive Value of Tests, Prospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Stroke

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