TY - JOUR
T1 - Markedly high prevalence of coronary risk factors in apparently healthy African-American and white siblings of persons with premature coronary heart disease
AU - Becker, Diane M.
AU - Yook, Raphael M.
AU - Moy, Taryn F.
AU - Blumenthal, Roger S.
AU - Becker, Lewis C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by USPHS Grant 5RO1HL496202 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and Grant 5RO1NR0224103 from the National Institute of Nursing Research and supported in part by the General Clinical Research Center Grants and MO1-RR00722 and MO1-RR00035 from the National Center for Research Resources and the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Among persons with a family history of premature coronary heart disease (CHD), siblings bear an excess risk of CHD that is as high as 12 times that of the general population. Aggressive, new, national guidelines for CHD risk reduction have focused on high-risk families, yet little is known about actual remediable risk factors in siblings of persons with premature CHD. To determine the magnitude of the problem relative to the general population, we screened 846 unaffected siblings (ages 30 to 59 years) of persons with documented CHD before age 60 years and compared their risk factor values with population reference norms obtained in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) and the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Mean levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were 0.52 mmol/L (20 mg/dl) higher in siblings; the prevalence of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥4.14 mmol/L (160 mg/dl) was nearly twice that of race, sex, and age-specific values from NHANES III. Levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol <0.91 mmol/L (35 mg/dl) were similar between siblings and NHANES III (11% and 12%, respectively). Only 4% of all siblings had triglyceride levels ≥4.52 mmol/L (400 mg/dl). Hypertension prevalence was twice as high among siblings as among the NHANES III. Current smoking was 33.9% in white siblings and 25.5% in the NHIS, whereas smoking in African- Americans was similar to that in the NHIS (31.1% vs 29.2%). A mere 13% to 29% of siblings were without any major remediable risk factors. The overwhelming need for risk factor modification in this easily identifiable high-risk population supports aggressive national guidelines and demonstrates the lack of adequate treatment of apparently healthy siblings of persons with premature CHD.
AB - Among persons with a family history of premature coronary heart disease (CHD), siblings bear an excess risk of CHD that is as high as 12 times that of the general population. Aggressive, new, national guidelines for CHD risk reduction have focused on high-risk families, yet little is known about actual remediable risk factors in siblings of persons with premature CHD. To determine the magnitude of the problem relative to the general population, we screened 846 unaffected siblings (ages 30 to 59 years) of persons with documented CHD before age 60 years and compared their risk factor values with population reference norms obtained in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) and the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Mean levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were 0.52 mmol/L (20 mg/dl) higher in siblings; the prevalence of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥4.14 mmol/L (160 mg/dl) was nearly twice that of race, sex, and age-specific values from NHANES III. Levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol <0.91 mmol/L (35 mg/dl) were similar between siblings and NHANES III (11% and 12%, respectively). Only 4% of all siblings had triglyceride levels ≥4.52 mmol/L (400 mg/dl). Hypertension prevalence was twice as high among siblings as among the NHANES III. Current smoking was 33.9% in white siblings and 25.5% in the NHIS, whereas smoking in African- Americans was similar to that in the NHIS (31.1% vs 29.2%). A mere 13% to 29% of siblings were without any major remediable risk factors. The overwhelming need for risk factor modification in this easily identifiable high-risk population supports aggressive national guidelines and demonstrates the lack of adequate treatment of apparently healthy siblings of persons with premature CHD.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00553-0
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00553-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 9817479
AN - SCOPUS:0031767148
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 82
SP - 1046
EP - 1051
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 9
ER -