2024
Performance of contemporary cardiovascular risk stratification scores in Brazil: an evaluation in the ELSA-Brasil study
Camargos A, Barreto S, Brant L, Ribeiro A, Dhingra L, Aminorroaya A, Bittencourt M, Figueiredo R, Khera R. Performance of contemporary cardiovascular risk stratification scores in Brazil: an evaluation in the ELSA-Brasil study. Open Heart 2024, 11: e002762. PMID: 38862252, PMCID: PMC11168182, DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2024-002762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPooled Cohort EquationsELSA-BrasilRisk scoreCardiovascular diseaseCVD eventsCommunity-based cohort studyArea under the receiver operating characteristic curveCVD risk scoreELSA-Brasil studyIncident CVD eventsMiddle-income countriesAdjudicated CVD eventsCardiovascular disease riskCVD scoreCohort EquationsNational guidelinesRisk stratification scoresWhite womenAge/sex groupsCohort studyProspective cohortLMICsSex/race groupsHigher incomeRisk discrimination
2020
Performance of the Pooled Cohort Equations to Estimate Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk by Body Mass Index
Khera R, Pandey A, Ayers CR, Carnethon MR, Greenland P, Ndumele CE, Nambi V, Seliger SL, Chaves PHM, Safford MM, Cushman M, Xanthakis V, Ramachandran V, Mentz RJ, Correa A, Lloyd-Jones DM, Berry JD, de Lemos JA, Neeland IJ. Performance of the Pooled Cohort Equations to Estimate Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk by Body Mass Index. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2023242. PMID: 33119108, PMCID: PMC7596579, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.23242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-sensitivity C-reactive proteinPooled Cohort EquationsASCVD riskAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseBody mass indexBMI categoriesCohort EquationsObesity categoriesCohort studySevere obesityWaist circumferenceBMI groupsMass indexUnderweight categoryAtherosclerotic cardiovascular disease riskMean baseline BMIRisk of ASCVDUsual clinical measuresCardiovascular disease riskC-reactive proteinPooled individual-level dataSevere obesity groupLongitudinal cohort studyNormal weight categoryAdults ages 40
2018
Usefulness of a Simple Algorithm to Identify Hypertensive Patients Who Benefit from Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering
Wang S, Khera R, Das SR, Vigen R, Wang T, Luo X, Lu R, Zhan X, Xiao G, Vongpatanasin W, Xie Y. Usefulness of a Simple Algorithm to Identify Hypertensive Patients Who Benefit from Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2018, 122: 248-254. PMID: 29880288, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.03.361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystolic Blood Pressure Intervention TrialIntensive BP loweringUrinary albumin-creatinine ratioFavorable risk-benefit profileAlbumin-creatinine ratioBP loweringRisk-benefit profileHypertensive patientsBlood pressureMajor adverse cardiovascular event ratesAdverse cardiovascular event ratesIntensive blood pressure loweringMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsRemaining low-risk patientsSimple risk prediction modelIntensive blood pressureStandard BP loweringAdverse cardiovascular eventsBlood pressure loweringSerious adverse eventsCardiovascular event ratesLarge randomized trialsLow-risk patientsSubset of patientsCardiovascular disease risk