Abstract
The aim of this study was to quantify the relation between classical risk factors (smoking, diabetes, BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure, and lipids), risk factor targets, and risk of recurrent major atherosclerotic cardiovascular events (MACE). This was first done for recurrent MACE ≤65years in patients aged <60years and second for recurrent MACE ≤2.5years after a first cardiovascular event. Data were used from the Second Manifestations of Arterial Disease study (n= 5,115), a prospective cohort of patients with a recent (≤1year) first cardiovascular event. During follow-up, 746 recurrent MACE occurred. Smoking (hazard ratio [HR] 1.43, 95% CI 1.11 to 1.84), diabetes (HR 1.83, 95% CI 1.11 to 1.84), diastolic blood pressure (>90 vs 70 to 90mm Hg, HR 1.54, 95% CI 1.15 to 2.07), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (≤1.0 vs >1.0mmol/L, HR 1.34, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.76) were related to increased risk of recurrent MACE ≤65years in patients aged <60years. Smoking (HR 1.65, 95% CI 1.23 to 2.22), physical inactivity (highest vs lowest tertile, HR 1.48, 95% CI 1.05 to 2.09), body mass index (per kg/m2, HR 1.04, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.08), diastolic blood pressure (>90 vs 70 to 90mm Hg, HR 1.61, 95% CI 1.17 to 2.21), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (per mmol/L, HR 1.18, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.37), and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (per mmol/L, HR 1.15, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.28) were related to recurrentMACE ≤2.5years of follow-up. In conclusion, in patients with a recent cardiovascular event, smoking, blood pressure, and lipids are related to increased risk of recurrent cardiovascular events at young age or within a short time span, and intensive treatment of modifiable risk factors may contribute to prevent recurrent MACE in these patients.
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