Arrhythmias & electrophysiologyCohort study
Baseline and 10-year change in the number of ideal cardiovascular health metrics and sudden cardiac death in the community
- Prospective cohort study
- community-based
Authors' conclusion
Adherence to a higher number of ideal cardiovascular health was related to a substantial lower risk of definite SCD.
Study context
- Population
- Community-based cohort (Copenhagen City Heart Study), 1991–9457% women
- Participants
- 8,837 participants
- Exposure
- Number of ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics at baseline and its 10-year change
- Outcome
- Definite SCD
- Follow-up
- Median 22.6 years
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
sHR
Per additional ideal metric in 1991-94
0.58(95% CI 0.44–0.75)
Per change (improvement) in number of ideal metrics 1981-83 to 1991-94
0.68(CI 0.50–0.93)
Each row per its own increment, as printed
- Definite sudden cardiac death (SCD) events
- 56
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Coronary death, all-cause mortality, CHD events
- Effect size lower than for SCD
Original publication
Baseline and 10-year change in the number of ideal cardiovascular health metrics and sudden cardiac death in the community. Europace. Published 14 March 2025. doi:10.1093/europace/euaf046
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it