Predictive Value of Brachial Flow-Mediated Dilation for Incident Cardiovascular Events in a Population-Based Study The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

• Published in: Circulation (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 120; no. 6; pp. 502 - 509
• Main Authors: Yeboah, Joseph, Folsom, Aaron R., Burke, Gregory L., Johnson, Craig, Polak, Joseph F., Post, Wendy, Lima, Joao A., Crouse, John R., Herrington, David M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 11.08.2009
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Asian - statistics & numerical data; Atherosclerosis - diagnosis; Atherosclerosis - ethnology; Atherosclerosis - physiopathology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers; Black People - statistics & numerical data; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Brachial Artery - physiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular system; Case-Control Studies; Cohort Studies; Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hispanic or Latino - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Incidence; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Predictive Value of Tests; Prevalence; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Regional Blood Flow - physiology; Vasodilation; Vasodilator agents. Cerebral vasodilators; White People - statistics & numerical data; Vascular disease; endothelium-derived factors; Vasomotricity; Prognosis; Atherosclerosis; Predictive value; Cardiovascular disease; Vasodilation; Endothelium; population

Background— Although brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) predicts recurrent cardiovascular events, its predictive value for incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in adults free of CVD is not well established. We assessed the predictive value of FMD for incident CVD events in the Mult...