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Comparison of carotid plaque burden among healthy middle-aged men living in the US, Japan, and South Korea.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Carotid plaque has emerged as a marker of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. Comparison of carotid plaque burden between different race/ethnic groups may provide a relative estimate of their future CHD risk. METHODS:We conducted a population-based study among apparently healthy middle-aged men aged 40-49?years (ERA JUMP study (n?=?924)) and recruited 310 Whites in Pittsburgh, US, 313 Japanese in Otsu, Japan, and 301 Koreans in Ansan, South Korea. The number of carotid plaque and CHD risk factors was assessed using a standardized protocol across all centers. The burden of carotid plaque was compared between race/ethnic groups after adjustment for age and BMI, and after multivariable adjustment for other CHD risk factors using marginalized zero-inflated Poisson regression models. Cross-sectional associations of risk factors with plaque were examined. RESULTS:Whites (22.8%) had more than four-fold higher prevalence (p?

SUBMITTER: Vishnu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5998331 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<h4>Background</h4>Carotid plaque has emerged as a marker of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. Comparison of carotid plaque burden between different race/ethnic groups may provide a relative estimate of their future CHD risk.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a population-based study among apparently healthy middle-aged men aged 40-49 years (ERA JUMP study (n = 924)) and recruited 310 Whites in Pittsburgh, US, 313 Japanese in Otsu, Japan, and 301 Koreans in Ansan, South Korea. The number of carotid p  ...[more]

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