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Evaluation of the American Heart Association cardiovascular disease prevention guideline for women

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Hsia, Judith, Rodabough, Rebecca J., Manson, JoAnn E., Liu, Simin, Freiberg, Matthew S., Graettinger, William, Rosal, Milagros C., Cochrane, Barb +3 more·2010·Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

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Background— The 2007 update to the American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women recommend a simplified approach to risk stratification. We assigned Women’s Health Initiative participants to risk categories as described in the guideline and evaluated clinical event rates within and between strata. Methods and Results— The Women’s Health Initiative enrolled 161 808 women ages 50 to 79 years and followed them prospectively for 7.8 years (mean). Applying the 2007 AHA guideline categories, 11% of women were high risk, 72% at-risk, and 4% at optimal risk; 13% of women did not fall into any category, that is, lacked risk factors but did not adhere to a healthy lifestyle (moderate intensity exercise for 30 minute most days and <7% of calories from saturated fat). Among high risk, at-risk, and optimal risk women, rates of myocardial infarction/coronary death were 12.5%, 3.1%, and 1.1% per 10 years ( P for trend <0.0001); the event rate was 1.3% among women who could not be categorized. We observed a graded relationship between risk category and cardiovascular event rates for white, black, Hispanic, and Asian women, although event rates differed among ethnic groups ( P for interaction=0.002). The AHA guideline predicted coronary events with accuracy similar to current Framingham risk categories (area under receiver operating characteristic curve for Framingham risk, 0.665; for AHA risk, 0.664; P =0.94) but less well than proposed Framingham 10-year risk categories of <5%, 5% to 20%, and >20% (area under receiver operating characteristic curve for Framingham risk, 0.724; for AHA risk, 0.664; P <0.0001). Conclusions— Risk stratification as proposed in the 2007 AHA guideline is simple, accessible to patients and providers, and identifies cardiovascular risk with accuracy similar to that of the current Framingham algorithm. Clinical Trial Registration— clinicaltrials.gov. Identifier: NCT00000611.

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Hsia, J., Rodabough, R. J., Manson, J. E., Liu, S., Freiberg, M. S., Graettinger, W., Rosal, M. C., Cochrane, B., Lloyd-Jones, D., Robinson, J. G., & Howard, B. V.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • From George Washington University (J.H.), Washington, DC; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (R.J.R.), Seattle, Wash; Brigham and Women’s Hospital (J.E.M.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; University of California at Los Angeles (S.L.); University of Pittsburgh (M.S.F.), Pittsburgh, Penn; University of Nevada (W.G.), Reno; University of Massachusetts (M.C.R.), Worcester; University of Washington (B.C.), Seattle; Northwestern University (D.L.-J.), Chicago, Ill; University of Iowa (J.G.R.),...
Venue
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
Published
2010-03
Volume
3
Issue
2
Pages
128-134
ISSN
  • 1941-7705 (ISSN-L)
  • 1941-7713
OpenAlex
W2142586294
Cited by
45
References
34
Citations by year
2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 9
FWCI
6.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network (American Medical Association) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health (n01wh32105-27-0-1, n01wh32108-30-0-1, n01wh32100-28-0-1, n01wh42108-21-0-1, n01wh32118-27-0-1, n01wh44221-7-0-1, n01wh42129-23-0-1, n01wh32111-28-0-1, n01wh32115-26-0-1, N01 WH 44221, n01wh22110-38-0-0, N01-WH-3-2115, N01WH24152, n01wh24152-12-0-0, n01wh32122-31-0-1, N01-WH-3-2122, n01wh42107-22-0-1, N01WH42129-32, N01-WH-32108-9, N01WH 32111-13, N01 WH 32105-6, N01 WH022110, N01-WH-32100-2, N01-WH-42107-26, N01 WH042108, N01WH 32118-32119)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
Keywords
cardiovascular disease prevention, women, risk stratification, American Heart Association guidelines, Women's Health Initiative, myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease, Framingham risk score, 10-year cardiovascular risk prediction, ethnic differences, healthy lifestyle, saturated fat intake, physical activity
MeSH terms
Aged, Algorithms, American Heart Association, Cardiovascular Diseases, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Life Style, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, ROC Curve, Sex Factors, Time Factors, United States, Women's Health Services, Chi-Square Distribution, Logistic Models, Proportional Hazards Models, Women's Health, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Risk Assessment

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