2020
Can the Absence of Hypertension Refine the Risk Assessment of Older Adults for Future Cardiovascular Events?
Nanna MG, Navar AM, Wojdyla D, Nelson AJ, Sullivan AE, Peterson ED. Can the Absence of Hypertension Refine the Risk Assessment of Older Adults for Future Cardiovascular Events? The American Journal Of Cardiology 2020, 142: 83-90. PMID: 33279483, PMCID: PMC8221431, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.11.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystolic blood pressureAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseAbsence of hypertensionBlood pressureCardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular eventsEvent ratesOlder adultsLower CVD event ratesLower systolic blood pressureASCVD event ratesCVD event ratesDiastolic blood pressureFuture cardiovascular eventsASCVD riskRisk stratificationPooled cohortMultivariable modelingHypertensionRisk scoreLower riskRisk estimatesNational InstituteObserved event ratesAdults
2019
The Association Between Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults: Results From the National Institutes of Health Pooled Cohorts
Nanna MG, Navar AM, Wojdyla D, Peterson ED. The Association Between Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults: Results From the National Institutes of Health Pooled Cohorts. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2019, 67: 2560-2567. PMID: 31411740, PMCID: PMC6898756, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseLow-density lipoprotein cholesterolIncident atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseRisk factorsEvent ratesLipoprotein cholesterolPooled cohortCardiovascular diseaseMultivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazards modelsElevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterolIndividual level cohort dataCox proportional hazards modelOlder adultsASCVD event ratesCVD risk factorsCVD event ratesProspective cohort studyPresence of hyperlipidemiaProportional hazards modelNational InstituteCohort studyCVD riskMedian ageMedian LDLUnadjusted analyses