Survay for Utility of Electrocardiogram as an Index for Identifying the Risk of Cardiovascular Events for Inhabitants in the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster area
Description: A total of 7206 participants at least 40 years of age who were free from cardiovascular events in a general population were followed for the incidence of cardiovascular events. A total of 1886 (26.2%) had CKD, of which 1471 (78.0%) had a preserved eGFR. After an average 11.3 years of follow-up, the adjusted hazard ratio for the incidence of cardiovascular events significantly increased for ECG-LVH according to the Sokolow Lyon voltage among participants with CKD, in contrast to those without CKD. The inclusion of any ECG-LVH parameters improved the accuracy of reclassification in any risk prediction model based on the eGFR, UACR, or Framingham 10-year risk score in the CKD participants (all P values <0.040). In conclusion, in patients with CKD stage 1 to 5, ECG-LVH is useful for predicting the risk of future cardiovascular events and adds prognostic information to traditional cardiovascular risk assessments.
Amount: ¥2,990,000
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Start date: 2017-04-01
End date: 2021-03-31
Investigator: Fumitaka Tanaka
Institution: Iwate Medical University
Subfield: Emergency Medical Services
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Funded outputs count: 1
Funder award ID: 17K09520
OpenAlex ID: G4810041947