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Using health-related quality of life to predict cardiovascular disease events.

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Purpose

Although strong associations between self-reported health and mortality exist, quality of life is not conceptualized as a cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor. Our objective was to assess the independent association between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and incident CVD.

Methods

This study used the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke data, which enrolled 30,239 adults from 2003 to 2007 and followed them over 10 years. We included 22,229 adults with no CVD history at baseline. HRQOL was measured using the SF-12 Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) scores, which range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better HRQOL. Scores were normed to the general US population with mean 50 and standard deviation 10. We constructed a four-level HRQOL variable: (1) individuals with PCS & MCS?ResultsMedian follow-up was 8.4 (IQR 5.9-10.0) years. We observed 1766 CVD events. Compared to having PCS & MCS???50, having MCS & PCS?ConclusionsGiven strong, adjusted associations between poor HRQOL and incident CVD, self-reported health may be an excellent complement to current approaches to CVD risk identification.

SUBMITTER: Pinheiro LC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7830778 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Using health-related quality of life to predict cardiovascular disease events.

Pinheiro Laura C LC Reshetnyak Evgeniya E Sterling Madeline R MR Richman Joshua S JS Kern Lisa M LM Safford Monika M MM

Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation 20190110 6

<h4>Purpose</h4>Although strong associations between self-reported health and mortality exist, quality of life is not conceptualized as a cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor. Our objective was to assess the independent association between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and incident CVD.<h4>Methods</h4>This study used the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke data, which enrolled 30,239 adults from 2003 to 2007 and followed them over 10 years. We included 22,229 adu ...[more]

PMID: 30632050

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Using health-related quality of life to predict cardiovascular disease events.

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