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Association between combat-related traumatic injury and cardiovascular risk
OBJECTIVE: The association between combat-related traumatic injury (CRTI) and cardiovascular risk is uncertain. This study aimed to investigate the association between CRTI and both metabolic syndrome (MetS) and arterial stiffness. METHODS: This was a prospective observational cohort study consistin...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8862100/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34824088 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2021-320296 |
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author | Boos, Christopher J Schofield, Susie Cullinan, Paul Dyball, Daniel Fear, Nicola T Bull, Anthony M J Pernet, David Bennett, Alexander N |
author_facet | Boos, Christopher J Schofield, Susie Cullinan, Paul Dyball, Daniel Fear, Nicola T Bull, Anthony M J Pernet, David Bennett, Alexander N |
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description | OBJECTIVE: The association between combat-related traumatic injury (CRTI) and cardiovascular risk is uncertain. This study aimed to investigate the association between CRTI and both metabolic syndrome (MetS) and arterial stiffness. METHODS: This was a prospective observational cohort study consisting of 579 male adult UK combat veterans (UK-Afghanistan War 2003–2014) with CRTI who were frequency-matched to 565 uninjured men by age, service, rank, regiment, deployment period and role-in-theatre. Measures included quantification of injury severity (New Injury Severity Score (NISS)), visceral fat area (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry), arterial stiffness (heart rate-adjusted central augmentation index (cAIx) and pulse wave velocity (PWV)), fasting venous blood glucose, lipids and high-sensitivity C reactive protein (hs-CRP). RESULTS: Overall the participants were 34.1±5.4 years, with a mean (±SD) time from injury/deployment of 8.3±2.1 years. The prevalence of MetS (18.0% vs 11.8%; adjusted risk ratio 1.46, 95% CI 1.10 to 1.94, p<0.0001) and the mean cAIx (17.61%±8.79% vs 15.23%±8.19%, p<0.0001) were higher among the CRTI versus the uninjured group, respectively. Abdominal waist circumference, visceral fat area, triglycerides, estimated insulin resistance and hs-CRP levels were greater and physical activity and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol lower with CRTI. There were no significant between-group differences in blood glucose, blood pressure or PWV. CRTI, injury severity (↑NISS), age, socioeconomic status (SEC) and physical activity were independently associated with both MetS and cAIx. CONCLUSIONS: CRTI is associated with an increased prevalence of MetS and arterial stiffness, which are also influenced by age, injury severity, physical activity and SEC. The longitudinal impact of CRTI on clinical cardiovascular events needs further examination. |
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spelling | pubmed-88621002022-03-15 Association between combat-related traumatic injury and cardiovascular risk Boos, Christopher J Schofield, Susie Cullinan, Paul Dyball, Daniel Fear, Nicola T Bull, Anthony M J Pernet, David Bennett, Alexander N Heart Cardiac Risk Factors and Prevention OBJECTIVE: The association between combat-related traumatic injury (CRTI) and cardiovascular risk is uncertain. This study aimed to investigate the association between CRTI and both metabolic syndrome (MetS) and arterial stiffness. METHODS: This was a prospective observational cohort study consisting of 579 male adult UK combat veterans (UK-Afghanistan War 2003–2014) with CRTI who were frequency-matched to 565 uninjured men by age, service, rank, regiment, deployment period and role-in-theatre. Measures included quantification of injury severity (New Injury Severity Score (NISS)), visceral fat area (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry), arterial stiffness (heart rate-adjusted central augmentation index (cAIx) and pulse wave velocity (PWV)), fasting venous blood glucose, lipids and high-sensitivity C reactive protein (hs-CRP). RESULTS: Overall the participants were 34.1±5.4 years, with a mean (±SD) time from injury/deployment of 8.3±2.1 years. The prevalence of MetS (18.0% vs 11.8%; adjusted risk ratio 1.46, 95% CI 1.10 to 1.94, p<0.0001) and the mean cAIx (17.61%±8.79% vs 15.23%±8.19%, p<0.0001) were higher among the CRTI versus the uninjured group, respectively. Abdominal waist circumference, visceral fat area, triglycerides, estimated insulin resistance and hs-CRP levels were greater and physical activity and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol lower with CRTI. There were no significant between-group differences in blood glucose, blood pressure or PWV. CRTI, injury severity (↑NISS), age, socioeconomic status (SEC) and physical activity were independently associated with both MetS and cAIx. CONCLUSIONS: CRTI is associated with an increased prevalence of MetS and arterial stiffness, which are also influenced by age, injury severity, physical activity and SEC. The longitudinal impact of CRTI on clinical cardiovascular events needs further examination. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-03 2021-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8862100/ /pubmed/34824088 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2021-320296 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Cardiac Risk Factors and Prevention Boos, Christopher J Schofield, Susie Cullinan, Paul Dyball, Daniel Fear, Nicola T Bull, Anthony M J Pernet, David Bennett, Alexander N Association between combat-related traumatic injury and cardiovascular risk |
title | Association between combat-related traumatic injury and cardiovascular risk |
title_full | Association between combat-related traumatic injury and cardiovascular risk |
title_fullStr | Association between combat-related traumatic injury and cardiovascular risk |
title_full_unstemmed | Association between combat-related traumatic injury and cardiovascular risk |
title_short | Association between combat-related traumatic injury and cardiovascular risk |
title_sort | association between combat-related traumatic injury and cardiovascular risk |
topic | Cardiac Risk Factors and Prevention |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8862100/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34824088 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2021-320296 |
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