ArticleBMJ open2024
Exploration of the relationship between general health-related problems and subclinical coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional study in a general population.
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objectiveTo explore associations between general health-related problems and subclinical coronary artery disease (CAD), determined by CT coronary calcium score (CT-CCS), in a general population.
designA cross-sectional design.
settingThis study was performed in a prospective population-based cohort, examining the health and health-related behaviour of individuals living in the Northern Netherlands.
participantsThe initial cohort comprised 6763 participants ≥45 years of age who underwent CT-scanning. Participants were included for the current analysis if they filled in three validated questionnaires (Symptomatic Checklist-90, Research and Development Survey-36 and Reviving the Early Diagnosis of CardioVascular Diseases questionnaire (RED-CVD)) and did not have a history of cardiovascular disease. The final analysis included 6530 participants. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURE: Backward-stepwise and forward-stepwise logistic regression analyses were performed to determine associations between general health-related problems and subclinical CAD (CCS≥100 and ≥300).
resultsThe median age was 53 years (25th, 75th percentile: 48, 58); 57% were women. CRCS≥100 was found in 1236 (19%) participants, 437 (12%) in women and 799 (29%) men and CCS≥300 in 643 (9.9%) participants of which 180 (4.8%) were women and 463 (16.6%) men. In univariate analysis, in women the expectation of health to worsen (OR=1.13, 95% CI: 1.05 to 1.21), and in men reduced exercise intolerance (OR=1.14, 95% CI: 1.06 to 1.23) were associated with CCS≥100. The total RED-CVD score in women (OR=1.06, (95% CI: 1.05 to 1.08) and men (OR=1.07, 95% CI: 1.06 to 1.09), and in men also reduced exercise intolerance (OR=1.15, 95% CI: 1.06 to 1.25) and headache (OR=0.55, 95% CI: 0.38 to 0.79) were associated with CCS≥300. In multivariate analyses, only general health expectation in women was still significantly associated with subclinical CAD (CCS≥300) (OR=1.92, 95% CI: 1.56 to 2.37).
conclusionOnly a few general health-related problems were associated with the presence of subclinical CAD in the general population, however, these problems showed no strong association. Therefore, using health-related symptoms does not seem useful to pre-select for CT-CCS. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: CCMO Register, NL17981.042.07 and NL58592.042.16.
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