Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity and Mortality in American Indians Over 25 Years: The Strong Heart Study
Background American Indians experience high rates of cardiovascular disease. We evaluated whether cardiovascular disease incidence, mortality, and prevalence changed over 25 years among American Indians aged 30 to 85. Methods and Results The SHS (Strong Heart Study) and SHFS (Strong Heart Family Stu...
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| author | Clemma J. Muller Carolyn J. Noonan Richard F. MacLehose Julie A. Stoner Elisa T. Lee Lyle G. Best Darren Calhoun Stacey E. Jolly Richard B. Devereux Barbara V. Howard |
| author_facet | Clemma J. Muller Carolyn J. Noonan Richard F. MacLehose Julie A. Stoner Elisa T. Lee Lyle G. Best Darren Calhoun Stacey E. Jolly Richard B. Devereux Barbara V. Howard |
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| description | Background American Indians experience high rates of cardiovascular disease. We evaluated whether cardiovascular disease incidence, mortality, and prevalence changed over 25 years among American Indians aged 30 to 85. Methods and Results The SHS (Strong Heart Study) and SHFS (Strong Heart Family Study) are prospective studies of cardiovascular disease in American Indians. Participants enrolled in 1989 to 1990 or 2000 to 2003 with birth years from 1915 to 1984 were followed for cardiovascular disease events through 2013. We used Poisson regression to analyze data for 5627 individuals aged 30 to 85 years during follow‐up. Outcomes reflect change in age‐specific cardiovascular disease incidence, mortality, and prevalence, stratified by sex. To illustrate generational change, 5‐year relative risk compared most recent birth years for ages 45, 55, 65, and 75 to same‐aged counterparts born 1 generation (23–25 years) earlier. At all ages, cardiovascular disease incidence was lower for people with more recent birth years. Cardiovascular disease mortality declined consistently among men, while prevalence declined among women. Generational comparisons were similar for women aged 45 to 75 (relative risk, 0.39–0.46), but among men magnitudes strengthened from age 45 to 75 (relative risk, 0.91–0.39). For cardiovascular disease mortality, risk was lower in the most recent versus the earliest birth years for women (relative risk, 0.56–0.83) and men (relative risk, 0.40–0.54), but results for women were inconclusive. Conclusions Cardiovascular disease incidence declined over a generation in an American Indian cohort. Mortality declined more for men, while prevalence declined more for women. These trends might reflect more improvement in case survival among men compared with women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a2d93946f0bf45af814792619990bfc72022-12-21T23:53:17ZengWileyJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease2047-99802019-11-0182110.1161/JAHA.119.012289Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity and Mortality in American Indians Over 25 Years: The Strong Heart StudyClemma J. Muller0Carolyn J. Noonan1Richard F. MacLehose2Julie A. Stoner3Elisa T. Lee4Lyle G. Best5Darren Calhoun6Stacey E. Jolly7Richard B. Devereux8Barbara V. Howard9Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Washington State University Seattle WAElson S. Floyd College of Medicine Washington State University Seattle WADepartment of Epidemiology and Community Health University of Minnesota Minneapolis MNDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City OKDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City OKMissouri Breaks Industries Research Inc. Eagle Butte SDPhoenix Field Office MedStar Health Research Institute Phoenix AZCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Cleveland OHWeill Cornell Medical College New York NYMedStar Health Research Institute Georgetown/Howard University Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences Hyattsville MDBackground American Indians experience high rates of cardiovascular disease. We evaluated whether cardiovascular disease incidence, mortality, and prevalence changed over 25 years among American Indians aged 30 to 85. Methods and Results The SHS (Strong Heart Study) and SHFS (Strong Heart Family Study) are prospective studies of cardiovascular disease in American Indians. Participants enrolled in 1989 to 1990 or 2000 to 2003 with birth years from 1915 to 1984 were followed for cardiovascular disease events through 2013. We used Poisson regression to analyze data for 5627 individuals aged 30 to 85 years during follow‐up. Outcomes reflect change in age‐specific cardiovascular disease incidence, mortality, and prevalence, stratified by sex. To illustrate generational change, 5‐year relative risk compared most recent birth years for ages 45, 55, 65, and 75 to same‐aged counterparts born 1 generation (23–25 years) earlier. At all ages, cardiovascular disease incidence was lower for people with more recent birth years. Cardiovascular disease mortality declined consistently among men, while prevalence declined among women. Generational comparisons were similar for women aged 45 to 75 (relative risk, 0.39–0.46), but among men magnitudes strengthened from age 45 to 75 (relative risk, 0.91–0.39). For cardiovascular disease mortality, risk was lower in the most recent versus the earliest birth years for women (relative risk, 0.56–0.83) and men (relative risk, 0.40–0.54), but results for women were inconclusive. Conclusions Cardiovascular disease incidence declined over a generation in an American Indian cohort. Mortality declined more for men, while prevalence declined more for women. These trends might reflect more improvement in case survival among men compared with women.https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.012289cardiovascular diseaseepidemiologyrace |
| spellingShingle | Clemma J. Muller Carolyn J. Noonan Richard F. MacLehose Julie A. Stoner Elisa T. Lee Lyle G. Best Darren Calhoun Stacey E. Jolly Richard B. Devereux Barbara V. Howard Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity and Mortality in American Indians Over 25 Years: The Strong Heart Study Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease cardiovascular disease epidemiology race |
| title | Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity and Mortality in American Indians Over 25 Years: The Strong Heart Study |
| title_full | Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity and Mortality in American Indians Over 25 Years: The Strong Heart Study |
| title_fullStr | Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity and Mortality in American Indians Over 25 Years: The Strong Heart Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity and Mortality in American Indians Over 25 Years: The Strong Heart Study |
| title_short | Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity and Mortality in American Indians Over 25 Years: The Strong Heart Study |
| title_sort | trends in cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality in american indians over 25 years the strong heart study |
| topic | cardiovascular disease epidemiology race |
| url | https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.012289 |
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