Cardiovascular Disease in Women Module II: Risk Factors

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Cardiovascular Disease in WomenModule II Risk
Factors
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Module II Risk Factors

• Traditional Risk Factors
• Evolving Risk Factors

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Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women

• Unmodifiable
• Age
• Family History
• Modifiable
• Diabetes
• Dysplipidemia
• Hypertension
• Obesity
• Poor Diet
• Sedentary Lifestyle
• Cigarette Smoking

Source ATP III 2002, Mosca 2007
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors

• Sedentary Lifestyle

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Modifiable Risk Factors Sedentary Lifestyle

• 40 of women report no leisure time physical
  activity
• Exercise is less prevalent among white women
  compared to white men
• African American and Hispanic women have the
  lowest prevalence of leisure time physical
  activity

Source U.S. Surgeon General 1996, Rosamond 2008
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Estimated Percentage of Americans Age 18 and
Older Who Report Regular Physical Activity 2005
By Race and Sex
Source Rosamond 2008
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Risk Reduction for CHD Associated with Exercise
in Women
Source Adapted from Manson 1999
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors

• Cigarette Smoking

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Relative Risk of Coronary Events for Smokers
Compared to Non-Smokers
Source Adapted from Stampfer 2000
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Smoking

• The same treatments benefit both women and men
• Women face different barriers to quitting
• Concomitant depression
• Concerns about weight gain

Source Fiore 2000
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Five As

• Ask about tobacco use at every visit
• Advise in a clear and personalized message
• Assess willingness to quit
• Assist to quit
• Offer counseling/support (eg, support groups,
  phone lines)
• Offer pharmacotherapy unless contraindicated
• Arrange follow-up
• For more information www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobac
  co/

Source Fiore 2000
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors

• Obesity

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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBehavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System BRFSS, 1990-2006
1998
1990
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for
5 4 woman)
2006
No Data lt10 1014
1519 2024 2529
30
Source CDC
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Body Mass Index Definition

• BMI weight in kilograms divided by the square
  of the height in meters (kg/m2)
• BMI chart showing BMI based on weight in pounds
  and height in inches available at
  http//www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_hom
  e.htm

Source NHLBI
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Body Weight and CHD Mortality Among Women
P for trend lt 0.001
Source Adapted from Manson 1995
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Body Weight and CHD Mortality Among Women
P for trend lt 0.001

Source Adapted from Manson 1995
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Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines

• Sample menus for different ethnic cultural
  preferences
• Assessment tools
• Counseling tools
• Adherence tips
• Patient handouts

Source ATP III 2002
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors

• Diabetes

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Diabetes

• Diabetes affects 8.8 of all U.S. women age 20
  years or older
• Compared to whites
• African Americans, Latinas, American Indians,
  Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders have a
  1.5-2.2 times greater prevalence of diabetes

Source CDC, NIDDK 2005
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Diabetes

• 65 of diabetics die of cardiovascular disease
• Diabetics have death rates from heart disease
  that are 2 to 4 times higher than non-diabetics

Source CDC 2003
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Coronary Disease Mortality and Diabetes in Women
Source Adapted from Krolewski 1991
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Race/Ethnicity and Diabetes

• At high risk
• Latinas
• American Indians
• African Americans
• Asian Americans
• Pacific Islanders

Source American Diabetes Association 2001
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Definition of Metabolic Syndrome in Women

• Abdominal obesity - waist circumference gt 35 in.
• High triglycerides 150mg/dL
• Low HDL cholesterol lt 50mg/dL
• Elevated BP 130/85mm Hg
• Fasting glucose 100mg/dL

Source AHA/NHLBI 2005
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors

• Hypertension

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Treatable Risk Factors Hypertension

• 32 of women in the United States have
  hypertension
• Hypertension is more prevalent among older women
  than older men
• Death from CHD progresses increasingly and
  linearly as blood pressure increases
• For every 20 mmHg systolic or 10 mmHg diagnostic
  increase in blood pressure, risk of death from
  CHD doubles

Source American Heart Association 2004, JNC 7
2004, Rosamond 2008
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Lifestyle Approaches to Hypertension in Women

• Maintain ideal body weight
• Weight loss of as little as 10 lbs reduces blood
  pressure
• DASH eating plan
• Even without weight loss, a diet rich in fruits,
  vegetables, and low fat dairy products can reduce
  blood pressure
• Sodium restriction to 2300 mg/d
• Further restriction to 1500 mg/d may be
  beneficial, especially in African American
  patients
• Increase physical activity
• Limit alcohol to one drink per day
• Alcohol raises blood pressure
• One drink 12 oz beer, 5 oz wine, or 1.5 oz
  liquor

Source JNC VII 2004, Sacks 2001, Mosca 2007
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JNC 7 Report

• Classification of blood pressure
• Treatment algorithms
• Lifestyle strategies
• Antihypertensive drug choices
• Special indications and situations
• Resistant hypertension

Source NIH 2004
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Trends in Age-adjusted Prevalence of Hypertension
in United States
Source MMWR 2005
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Hypertension Prevalence Among White and Black
Women in the United States Trends

Source Adapted from Hertz 2005
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Prevalence of High Blood Pressure by Age and
Race
Source Data from National Vital Statistics
System, Health, United States, 1996-97
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African Americans and Hypertension

• Compared to whites
• African Americans develop hypertension earlier in
  life
• African Americans have much higher average blood
  pressures
• African Americans have a 1.5 times greater risk
  of heart disease death

Source American Heart Association 2008
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Age-Adjusted 16-Year Incidence of End Stage Renal
Disease by Diastolic Blood Pressure and Race
(MRFIT data)
P e r c e n t
Diastolic Blood Pressure
Source Klag 1997
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DASH Eating Plan

• 78 servings of grains, grain products daily
• 45 servings of vegetables daily
• 45 servings of fruits daily
• 23 servings of low-fat or nonfat dairy foods
  daily
• 2 servings of meats, poultry, fish daily
• 45 servings of nuts, seeds, legumes weekly
• Limited intake of fats, sweets

Source NHLBI 1998
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DASH Diet with Low Sodium Intake in Hypertensive
Individuals Compared to Control Diet with Average
U.S. Sodium Intake
African American Non-African American


Plt.001 from baseline
Source Sacks 2001
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors

• Dyslipidemia

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Approximate and Cumulative LDL Cholesterol
Reduction Achievable By Dietary Modification
Dietary Component Dietary Change Approximate
LDL
Reduction Major Saturated fat lt7 of
calories 8-10 Dietary cholesterol lt200
mg/day 3-5 Weight reduction Lose 10
lbs 5-8 Other LDL-lowering options Viscous
fiber 5-10 g/day 3-5 Plant/sterol 2g/day 6
-15 stanol esters Cumulative
estimate 20-30
Source Adapted from ATP III 2002
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ATP III Full Report

• How to choose a statin
• Dosing regimens
• How to monitor when combining drugs
• Side effect management
• Reprintable nutritional hand-outs
• Menu samples for different cultures
• Adherence strategies/barrier reduction

Source ATP III 2002
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Treatable Risk Factors The Epidemiology of
Cholesterol Levels and Subfractions

• Low HDL more important in women than men
• For every 1 mg/dL increase in HDL 3 decrease in
  CHD risk for women and 2 decrease in CHD risk
  for men
• Total cholesterol/HDL ratio very predictive of
  CHD risk in women
• Triglyceride elevation associated with greater
  atherogenic significance in women than in men

Source Maron 2000
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Treatable Risk Factors Cholesterol Level and
Subfractions

• LDLgt160 mg/dL associated with 3.3-fold elevation
  in risk for women less than 65 years old
• LDL pattern of small, dense particles (more
  atherogenic) present in 25 of population, but
  less frequently seen in women
• Menopausal transition associated with increasing
  proportion of this subfraction

Source Keil 2000, Carr 2000, Hokanson 1996
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Relative Risk of Various Factors for CHD for
Women and Men
2.4
2.5
1.9
2
1.8
Relative Risk
1.6
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.3
Men
1.1
Women
1
0.5
0
HTN
CHOL
DM
Obesity
Smoking
Source MMWR 1992
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors

• Poor Diet

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Low Risk Diet is Associated with Lower Risk of
Myocardial Infarction in Women
Relative Risk of MI
Adjusted for other cardiovascular
risk factors
Plt .05 for quintiles 3-5 compared to 1-2
Diet Score by Quintile (1 least vegetables,
fruit, whole grains, fish, legumes)
Source Akesson 2007
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Emerging Risk Factors for CHD

• Pro-inflammatory markers
• C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)
• Fibrinogen
• Hyperhomocysteinemia
• Homocysteine lowering to prevent CHD events has
  been shown to be ineffective or possibly harmful
  in randomized clinical trials

Source ATP III 2002 Mosca 2007
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Relative Risk of Cardiovascular Events According
to Baseline Levels of hs-CRP in Healthy
Postmenopausal Women
P for trend lt 0.001
Source Ridker 2000
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Fibrinogen Levels and CHD Risk in Women
P for trend lt0.0001
gt3.6
gt2.8, ? 3.1
gt3.1, ? 3.6
? 2.8
Adjusted for age, smoking, BMI, systolic blood
pressure, total cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides,
and educational level
Source Eriksson 1999
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Relative Risk of Cardiovascular Events According
to Baseline Levels of Homocysteine in Healthy
Postmenopausal Women
P for trend 0.02 (not significant)
µ
µ
µ
µ
Source Ridker 2000
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The NORVIT Trial Homocysteine Lowering Did Not
Reduce Cardiovascular Events in Women with Prior
MI
Relative Risk of CVD Event
Compared to B12 alone
Compared to placebo


Source Bonaa 2006
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Psychosocial Stressors in Women with CHD The
Stockholm Female Coronary Risk Study

• Among women who were married or cohabitating with
  a male partner, marital stress was associated
  with nearly 3-fold increased risk of recurrent
  CHD events
• Living alone and work stress did not
  significantly increase recurrent CHD events

Source Orth-Gomer 2000
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Depression and CHD Results from the Womens
Health Initiative Study

• Depression is an independent predictor of CHD
  death among women with no history of CHD

Source Wassertheil-Smoller 2004