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Trajectories of cardiac troponin in the decades before cardiovascular death: a longitudinal cohort study

Kimenai, Dorien M; Anand, Atul; de Bakker, Marie; Shipley, Martin; Fujisawa, Takeshi; Lyngbakken, Magnus N; Hveem, Kristian; ... Mills, Nicholas L; + view all (2023) Trajectories of cardiac troponin in the decades before cardiovascular death: a longitudinal cohort study. BMC Medicine , 21 , Article 216. 10.1186/s12916-023-02921-8. Green open access

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Abstract

Background: High-sensitivity cardiac troponin testing is a promising tool for cardiovascular risk prediction, but whether serial testing can dynamically predict risk is uncertain. We evaluated the trajectory of cardiac troponin I in the years prior to a cardiovascular event in the general population, and determine whether serial measurements could track risk within individuals.// Methods: In the Whitehall II cohort, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I concentrations were measured on three occasions over a 15-year period. Time trajectories of troponin were constructed in those who died from cardiovascular disease compared to those who survived or died from other causes during follow up and these were externally validated in the HUNT Study. A joint model that adjusts for cardiovascular risk factors was used to estimate risk of cardiovascular death using serial troponin measurements.// Results: In 7,293 individuals (mean 58 ± 7 years, 29.4% women) cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular death occurred in 281 (3.9%) and 914 (12.5%) individuals (median follow-up 21.4 years), respectively. Troponin concentrations increased in those dying from cardiovascular disease with a steeper trajectory compared to those surviving or dying from other causes in Whitehall and HUNT (Pinteraction < 0.05 for both). The joint model demonstrated an independent association between temporal evolution of troponin and risk of cardiovascular death (HR per doubling, 1.45, 95% CI,1.33–1.75).// Conclusions: Cardiac troponin I concentrations increased in those dying from cardiovascular disease compared to those surviving or dying from other causes over the preceding decades. Serial cardiac troponin testing in the general population has potential to track future cardiovascular risk.//

Type: Article
Title: Trajectories of cardiac troponin in the decades before cardiovascular death: a longitudinal cohort study
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-023-02921-8
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02921-8
Language: English
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Keywords: Cardiac troponin, Outcome, Risk factors, General population
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10172609
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