Key result
Multiple preventive therapies linked to ~65% lower mortality in PAD without known cardiovascular disease.
Why the study?
Whether individuals with peripheral artery disease identified by screening ankle-brachial index benefit from preventive therapies to reduce cardiovascular risk is unknown.
Does the use of multiple preventive therapies reduce all-cause mortality in adults with peripheral artery disease without known cardiovascular disease?
Cohort (n=7,458)
Does the use of multiple preventive therapies reduce all-cause mortality in adults with peripheral artery disease without known cardiovascular disease?
Hazard Ratio: 0.35 (95% CI 0.2–0.86)
p-value: p=0.02
Millions of US adults with peripheral artery disease are undertreated with secondary prevention therapies, and the use of multiple preventive therapies is associated with significantly reduced all-cause mortality.
Preventive therapies were associated with lower mortality in screened PAD without known CVD; hypothesis-generating observational data that should not yet change practice.
BACKGROUND: Whether individuals with peripheral artery disease (PAD) identified by screening ankle-brachial index benefit from preventive therapies to reduce cardiovascular risk is unknown. We aimed to determine the number of US adults with PAD who are not receiving preventive therapies and whether treatment is associated with reduced mortality in PAD subjects without known cardiovascular disease. METHODS AND RESULTS: We analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999 to 2004 with mortality follow-up through December 31, 2006. We defined PAD as an ankle-brachial index ≤0.90. Of 7458 eligible participants ≥40 years, weighted PAD prevalence was 5.9±0.3% (mean±SE), corresponding to ≈7.1 million US adults with PAD. Statin use was reported in only 30.5±2.5%, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker use in 24.9±1.9%, and aspirin use in 35.8±2.9%, corresponding to 5.0 million adults with PAD not taking statins, 5.4 million not taking angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers, and 4.5 million not receiving aspirin. After adjustment for age, sex, and race/ethnicity, PAD was associated with all-cause mortality (hazard ratio, 2.4; 95% confidence interval, 1.9 to 2.9; P<0.0001). Even after exclusion of individuals with known cardiovascular disease, subjects with PAD had higher mortality rates (16.1±2.1%) than subjects without PAD or cardiovascular disease (4.1±0.3%), with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.9 (95% confidence interval, 1.3 to 2.8; P=0.001). Among PAD subjects without cardiovascular disease, use of multiple preventive therapies was associated with 65% lower all-cause mortality (hazard ratio, 0.35; 95% confidence interval, 0.20 to 0.86; P=0.02). CONCLUSIONS: Millions of US adults with PAD are not receiving secondary prevention therapies. Treatment with multiple therapies is associated with reduced all-cause mortality.
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Pande et al. (2011) conducted a cohort in Peripheral artery disease (n=7,458). Multiple preventive therapies vs. Fewer or no preventive therapies was evaluated on All-cause mortality (HR 0.35, 95% CI 0.20-0.86, p=0.02). Among adults with peripheral artery disease without known cardiovascular disease, use of multiple preventive therapies was associated with lower all-cause mortality (HR 0.35; 95% CI 0.20-0.86; P=0.02).
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