Key result
Self-reported alcohol use independently predicted higher large artery stiffness over 10 years in black South Africans (β = 0.11, P = 0.018).
Why the study?
Do traditional cardiovascular risk factors and health behaviours predict large artery stiffness over 10 years in black South Africans?
Population
650 HIV-free black South Africans, aged 65 ± 9.57 years at follow-up, from rural and urban areas of the…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10 years
Authors
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May warrant alcohol screening in CV assessment for black South Africans; hypothesis-generating and extends longitudinal data but leaves causal effects open.
Cohort (n=650)
Yes
Do traditional cardiovascular risk factors and health behaviours predict large artery stiffness over 10 years in black South Africans?
Effect estimate: β = 0.11
p-value: p=0.018
A health profile associated with excessive alcohol use, urban setting, and elevated plasma glucose independently predicts large artery stiffness over 10 years in black South Africans.
Maritz et al. (2017) conducted a cohort in Large artery stiffness (n=650). Self-reported alcohol use was evaluated on Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) at 10-year follow-up (β = 0.11, p=0.018). Self-reported alcohol use independently predicted higher large artery stiffness over 10 years in black South Africans (β = 0.11, P = 0.018).
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