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 Accuracy of Cardiovascular Pooled Cohort Risk Estimates in U.S. Older Adults
Nanna MG, Peterson ED, Wojdyla D, Navar AM. The Accuracy of Cardiovascular Pooled Cohort Risk Estimates in U.S. Older Adults. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2019, 35: 1701-1708. PMID: 31667745, PMCID: PMC7280419, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05361-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseOlder adultsACC/AHA guidelinesAge groupsLarge prospective cohort studyRisk estimatesYoung adultsASCVD risk estimationProspective cohort studyCardiovascular Health StudyHigh-risk groupU.S. older adultsDifferent age groupsCHD deathFramingham OriginalASCVD riskCardiovascular eventsAHA guidelinesCohort studyPrimary preventionCardiovascular diseaseRisk groupsTreatment decisionsFramingham OffspringHealth Study