Lifestyle habits associated with cardiac conduction disease
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Lifestyle habits associated with cardiac conduction disease. / Frimodt-Moller, Emilie K.; Soliman, Elsayed Z.; Kizer, Jorge R.; Vittinghoff, Eric; Psaty, Bruce M.; Biering-Sorensen, Tor; Gottdiener, John S.; Marcus, Gregory M.
In: European Heart Journal, Vol. 44, No. 12, 2023, p. 1058–1066.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Lifestyle habits associated with cardiac conduction disease
AU - Frimodt-Moller, Emilie K.
AU - Soliman, Elsayed Z.
AU - Kizer, Jorge R.
AU - Vittinghoff, Eric
AU - Psaty, Bruce M.
AU - Biering-Sorensen, Tor
AU - Gottdiener, John S.
AU - Marcus, Gregory M.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Aims Cardiac conduction disease can lead to syncope, heart failure, and death. The only available therapy is pacemaker implantation, with no established prevention strategies. Research to identify modifiable risk factors has been scant. Methods and results Data from the Cardiovascular Health Study, a population-based cohort study of adults >= 65 years with annual 12-lead electrocardiograms obtained over 10 years, were utilized to examine relationships between baseline characteristics, including lifestyle habits, and conduction disease. Of 5050 participants (mean age 73 +/- 6 years; 52% women), prevalent conduction disease included 257 with first-degree atrioventricular block, 99 with left anterior fascicular block, 9 with left posterior fascicular block, 193 with right bundle branch block (BBB), 76 with left BBB, and 102 with intraventricular block at baseline. After multivariable adjustment, older age, male sex, a larger body mass index, hypertension, and coronary heart disease were associated with a higher prevalence of conduction disease, whereas White race and more physical activity were associated with a lower prevalence. Over a median follow-up on 7 (interquartile range 1-9) years, 1036 developed incident conduction disease. Older age, male sex, a larger BMI, and diabetes were each associated with incident conduction disease. Of lifestyle habits, more physical activity (hazard ratio 0.91, 95% confidence interval 0.84-0.98, P = 0.017) was associated with a reduced risk, while smoking and alcohol did not exhibit a significant association. Conclusion While some difficult to control comorbidities were associated with conduction disease as expected, a readily modifiable lifestyle factor, physical activity, was associated with a lower risk.
AB - Aims Cardiac conduction disease can lead to syncope, heart failure, and death. The only available therapy is pacemaker implantation, with no established prevention strategies. Research to identify modifiable risk factors has been scant. Methods and results Data from the Cardiovascular Health Study, a population-based cohort study of adults >= 65 years with annual 12-lead electrocardiograms obtained over 10 years, were utilized to examine relationships between baseline characteristics, including lifestyle habits, and conduction disease. Of 5050 participants (mean age 73 +/- 6 years; 52% women), prevalent conduction disease included 257 with first-degree atrioventricular block, 99 with left anterior fascicular block, 9 with left posterior fascicular block, 193 with right bundle branch block (BBB), 76 with left BBB, and 102 with intraventricular block at baseline. After multivariable adjustment, older age, male sex, a larger body mass index, hypertension, and coronary heart disease were associated with a higher prevalence of conduction disease, whereas White race and more physical activity were associated with a lower prevalence. Over a median follow-up on 7 (interquartile range 1-9) years, 1036 developed incident conduction disease. Older age, male sex, a larger BMI, and diabetes were each associated with incident conduction disease. Of lifestyle habits, more physical activity (hazard ratio 0.91, 95% confidence interval 0.84-0.98, P = 0.017) was associated with a reduced risk, while smoking and alcohol did not exhibit a significant association. Conclusion While some difficult to control comorbidities were associated with conduction disease as expected, a readily modifiable lifestyle factor, physical activity, was associated with a lower risk.
KW - Conduction disease
KW - Atrioventricular block
KW - Bundle branch block
KW - Lifestyle habits
KW - Physical activity
KW - BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK
KW - PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY
KW - CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS
KW - MYOCARDIAL-ISCHEMIA
KW - RISK-FACTORS
KW - POPULATION
KW - MECHANISMS
KW - SMOKING
KW - COMPLICATIONS
KW - CONSUMPTION
U2 - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac799
DO - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac799
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36660815
VL - 44
SP - 1058
EP - 1066
JO - European Heart Journal
JF - European Heart Journal
SN - 0195-668X
IS - 12
ER -
ID: 335683093