(10-04-15) As presented at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session & Expo

Obesity, hypertension, and diabetes are known risk factors for heart failure; for the first time, scientists have quantified the average number of heart failure-free years a person gains by not developing those risk factors by age 45, according to a study presented at ACC, held in March in San Diego.

The study found that people who had obesity, hypertension, and diabetes by age 45 were diagnosed with heart failure 11 to 13 years earlier, on average, than those who had none of those risk factors by age 45. Those who had only one or two of the risk factors, but not all three, developed heart failure an average of three to 11 years earlier than people with none of the risk factors.

Faraz Ahmad, MD, a cardiology fellow at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and colleagues analyzed pooled data from four large studies including a total of 18,280 people conducted over the past 40 years. They identified nearly 1500 cases of heart failure and compared the age at which patients were diagnosed with heart failure against their health status and risk factors at age 45.

In the study, people without obesity, hypertension, or diabetes at age 45 who developed heart failure were diagnosed at an average age of 80 in men and 82 in women. People with all three risk factors who developed heart failure on average received their diagnosis in their late 60s or early 70s.

Fonte: quotivadis.it

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