Intima-media thickness at the near or far wall of the common carotid artery in cardiovascular risk assessment

Lisa Seekircher; Lena Tschiderer; Lars Lind; Maya S. Safarova; Maryam Kavousi; M. Arfan Ikram; Eva Lonn; Salim Yusuf; Diederick E. Grobbee; John J.P. Kastelein; Frank L.J. Visseren; Matthew Walters; Jesse Dawson; Peter Higgins; Stefan Agewall; Alberico Catapano; Eric De Groot; Mark A. Espeland; Gerhard Klingenschmid; Dianna Magliano; Michael H. Olsen; David Preiss; Dirk Sander; Michael Skilton; Dorota A. Zozulińska-Ziółkiewicz; Muriel P.C. Grooteman; Peter J. Blankestijn; Kazuo Kitagawa; Shuhei Okazaki; Maria V. Manzi; Costantino Mancusi; Raffaele Izzo; Moise Desvarieux; Tatjana Rundek; Hertzel C. Gerstein; Michiel L. Bots; Michael J. Sweeting; Matthias W. Lorenz; Peter Willeit; Proof-ATHERO Study Group

doi:10.1093/ehjopen/oead089

Intima-media thickness at the near or far wall of the common carotid artery in cardiovascular risk assessment

Lisa Seekircher
, Lena Tschiderer
, Lars Lind
, Maya S. Safarova
, Maryam Kavousi
, M. Arfan Ikram
, Eva Lonn
, Salim Yusuf
, Diederick E. Grobbee
, John J.P. Kastelein
, Frank L.J. Visseren
, Matthew Walters
, Jesse Dawson
, Peter Higgins
, Stefan Agewall
, Alberico Catapano
, Eric De Groot
, Mark A. Espeland
, Gerhard Klingenschmid
, Dianna Magliano

Michael H. Olsen, David Preiss, Dirk Sander, Michael Skilton, Dorota A. Zozulińska-Ziółkiewicz, Muriel P.C. Grooteman, Peter J. Blankestijn, Kazuo Kitagawa, Shuhei Okazaki, Maria V. Manzi, Costantino Mancusi, Raffaele Izzo, Moise Desvarieux, Tatjana Rundek, Hertzel C. Gerstein, Michiel L. Bots, Michael J. Sweeting, Matthias W. Lorenz, Peter Willeit^*, Proof-ATHERO Study Group

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Uppsala University
Medical College of Wisconsin
Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
Population Health Research Institute, Ontario
Hamilton General Hospital
University Medical Center Utrecht
University of Amsterdam
University of Glasgow
College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences
Danderyds Hospital
University of Oslo
University of Milan
IRCCS Multimedica
Imagelabonline & Cardiovascular
Wake Forest University
Medical University of Innsbruck
Monash University
Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit
Benedictus Hospital Tutzing and Feldafing
Technical University of Munich
The University of Sydney
Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences
Tokyo Women's Medical University
Osaka University
University of Naples Federico II
Mailman School of Public Health
French National Institute of Health and Medical Research
University of Miami
University of Leicester
University of Cambridge
Goethe University Frankfurt
Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main

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Aims: Current guidelines recommend measuring carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) at the far wall of the common carotid artery (CCA). We aimed to precisely quantify associations of near vs. far wall CCA-IMT with the risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD, defined as coronary heart disease or stroke) and their added predictive values. Methods and results: We analysed individual records of 41 941 participants from 16 prospective studies in the Proof-ATHERO consortium {mean age 61 years [standard deviation (SD) = 11]; 53% female; 16% prior CVD}. Mean baseline values of near and far wall CCA-IMT were 0.83 (SD = 0.28) and 0.82 (SD = 0.27) mm, differed by a mean of 0.02 mm (95% limits of agreement: -0.40 to 0.43), and were moderately correlated [r = 0.44; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.39-0.49). Over a median follow-up of 9.3 years, we recorded 10 423 CVD events. We pooled study-specific hazard ratios for CVD using random-effects meta-analysis. Near and far wall CCA-IMT values were approximately linearly associated with CVD risk. The respective hazard ratios per SD higher value were 1.18 (95% CI: 1.14-1.22; I² = 30.7%) and 1.20 (1.18-1.23; I² = 5.3%) when adjusted for age, sex, and prior CVD and 1.09 (1.07-1.12; I² = 8.4%) and 1.14 (1.12-1.16; I²=1.3%) upon multivariable adjustment (all P < 0.001). Assessing CCA-IMT at both walls provided a greater C-index improvement than assessing CCA-IMT at one wall only [+0.0046 vs. +0.0023 for near (P < 0.001), +0.0037 for far wall (P = 0.006)]. Conclusions: The associations of near and far wall CCA-IMT with incident CVD were positive, approximately linear, and similarly strong. Improvement in risk discrimination was highest when CCA-IMT was measured at both walls.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Artikelnummer	oead089
Tidsskrift	European Heart Journal Open
Vol/bind	3
Udgave nummer	5
Antal sider	11
ISSN	2752-4191
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjopen/oead089
Status	Udgivet - 1. sep. 2023

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This paper was prepared using data of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC), the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS), and the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) obtained from the NHLBI Biologic Specimen and Data Repository Information Coordinating Center (BioLINCC) and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the ARIC, CHS, JHS, or NHLBI. The work of AC is supported in part by Ministero della Salute ricerca corrente. Results of this paper are included in the first author’s (L.S.) PhD thesis submitted at the Medical University of Innsbruck. This work was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF; P 32488) and the Dr. Johannes-and-Hertha-Tuba Foundation.

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Seekircher, L., Tschiderer, L., Lind, L., Safarova, M. S., Kavousi, M., Ikram, M. A., Lonn, E., Yusuf, S., Grobbee, D. E., Kastelein, J. J. P., Visseren, F. L. J., Walters, M., Dawson, J., Higgins, P., Agewall, S., Catapano, A., De Groot, E., Espeland, M. A., Klingenschmid, G., ... Proof-ATHERO Study Group (2023). Intima-media thickness at the near or far wall of the common carotid artery in cardiovascular risk assessment. European Heart Journal Open, 3(5), Artikel oead089. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjopen/oead089

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AB - Aims: Current guidelines recommend measuring carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) at the far wall of the common carotid artery (CCA). We aimed to precisely quantify associations of near vs. far wall CCA-IMT with the risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD, defined as coronary heart disease or stroke) and their added predictive values. Methods and results: We analysed individual records of 41 941 participants from 16 prospective studies in the Proof-ATHERO consortium {mean age 61 years [standard deviation (SD) = 11]; 53% female; 16% prior CVD}. Mean baseline values of near and far wall CCA-IMT were 0.83 (SD = 0.28) and 0.82 (SD = 0.27) mm, differed by a mean of 0.02 mm (95% limits of agreement: -0.40 to 0.43), and were moderately correlated [r = 0.44; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.39-0.49). Over a median follow-up of 9.3 years, we recorded 10 423 CVD events. We pooled study-specific hazard ratios for CVD using random-effects meta-analysis. Near and far wall CCA-IMT values were approximately linearly associated with CVD risk. The respective hazard ratios per SD higher value were 1.18 (95% CI: 1.14-1.22; I² = 30.7%) and 1.20 (1.18-1.23; I² = 5.3%) when adjusted for age, sex, and prior CVD and 1.09 (1.07-1.12; I² = 8.4%) and 1.14 (1.12-1.16; I²=1.3%) upon multivariable adjustment (all P < 0.001). Assessing CCA-IMT at both walls provided a greater C-index improvement than assessing CCA-IMT at one wall only [+0.0046 vs. +0.0023 for near (P < 0.001), +0.0037 for far wall (P = 0.006)]. Conclusions: The associations of near and far wall CCA-IMT with incident CVD were positive, approximately linear, and similarly strong. Improvement in risk discrimination was highest when CCA-IMT was measured at both walls.

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Intima-media thickness at the near or far wall of the common carotid artery in cardiovascular risk assessment

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