Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd
Place of Publication
United Kingdom
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
22399
Abstract
Background:
Suboptimal health status (SHS) is recognized as a subclinical, reversible stage of chronic disease. Association has been confirmed between SHS and cardiovascular risk factors, indicating that SHS may contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease. This study explored integrated risk assessment of cardiovascular disease by combining SHS questionnaire-25 (SHSQ-25) and indicators of endothelial dysfunction.
Methods:
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 459 residents of Samara, Russia, who had no history of clinical diagnosed disease and did not receive any treatment in the last 2 weeks. The SHS score was derived from the data collected in the SHSQ-25. Blood pressure, body mass index, and glucose and lipid levels (total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein, cholesterol and triglycerides) were measured by physical examination and laboratory performance. The relationship between SHS and endothelial dysfunction was examined using Pearson's correlation linear regression analysis. Cluster analysis was performed to identify systemic patterns arising from exposure to a variety of risk factors.
Results:
Significant correlations were observed between index of endothelial function and the overall performance of SHS (r = −0.31, p < 0.05), and individual scales of the questionnaire SHSQ-25: fatigue (r = −0.36, p < 0.05), mental (r = −0.29, p < 0.05), and the cardiovascular system (r = −0.36). Based on cluster analysis, all subjects were grouped into five clusters: (1) optimal health status, (2) SHS at low risk of disease states, (3) SHS with a high risk of non-cardiac pathologies profile, (4) SHS of low risk of cardiovascular disease, and (5) SHS with high risk of cardiovascular disease.
Conclusions:
SHS is associated with endothelial dysfunction. Integration of suboptimal health status and endothelial dysfunction provides a novel tool to allow people to get a more holistic picture of both subjective and objective health measures, and also can be applied to routine screening for risks of cardiovascular diseases.
DOI
10.1186/s13167-016-0068-0
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Comments
Kupaev, V., Borisov, O., Marutina, E., Yan, Y. X., & Wang, W. (2016). Integration of suboptimal health status and endothelial dysfunction as a new aspect for risk evaluation of cardiovascular disease. Epma Journal, 7(1), 1-7.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13167-016-0068-0