TY - JOUR
T1 - Famine in childhood and postmenopausal coronary artery calcification: a cohort study
AU - Idris, Nikmah S.
AU - Uiterwaal, Cuno S. P. M.
AU - van der Schouw, Yvonne T.
AU - van Abeelen, Annet F. M.
AU - Roseboom, Tessa J.
AU - de Jong, Pim A.
AU - Rutten, Annemarieke
AU - Grobbee, Diederick E.
AU - Elias, Sjoerd G.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Objective To assess the effects of famine exposure during childhood on coronary calcium deposition and, secondarily, on cardiac valve and aortic calcifications. Design Retrospective cohort. Setting Community. Patients 286 postmenopausal women with individual measurements of famine exposure during childhood in the Netherlands during World War II. Intervention/exposure Famine exposure during childhood. Main outcome measures Coronary artery calcifications measured by CT scan and scored using the Agatston method; calcifications of the aorta and cardiac valves (mitral and/or aortic) measured semiquantitatively. Logistic regression was used for coronary Agatston score of >100 or 100, valve or aortic calcifications as the dependent variable and an indicator for famine exposure as the independent variable. These models were also used for confounder adjustment and stratification based on age groups of 0-9 and 10-17years. Results In the overall analysis, no statistically significant association was found between severe famine exposure in childhood and a high coronary calcium score (OR 1.80, 95% CI 0.87 to 3.78). However, when looking at specific risk periods, severe famine exposure during adolescence was related to a higher risk for a high coronary calcium score than non-exposure to famine, both in crude (OR 3.47, 95% CI 1.00 to 12.07) and adjusted analyses (OR 4.62, 95% CI 1.16 to 18.43). No statistically significant association was found between childhood famine exposure and valve or aortic calcification (OR 1.66, 95% CI 0.69 to 4.10). Conclusions Famine exposure in childhood, especially during adolescence, seems to be associated with a higher risk of coronary artery calcification in late adulthood. However, the association between childhood famine exposure and cardiac valve/aortic calcification is less clear
AB - Objective To assess the effects of famine exposure during childhood on coronary calcium deposition and, secondarily, on cardiac valve and aortic calcifications. Design Retrospective cohort. Setting Community. Patients 286 postmenopausal women with individual measurements of famine exposure during childhood in the Netherlands during World War II. Intervention/exposure Famine exposure during childhood. Main outcome measures Coronary artery calcifications measured by CT scan and scored using the Agatston method; calcifications of the aorta and cardiac valves (mitral and/or aortic) measured semiquantitatively. Logistic regression was used for coronary Agatston score of >100 or 100, valve or aortic calcifications as the dependent variable and an indicator for famine exposure as the independent variable. These models were also used for confounder adjustment and stratification based on age groups of 0-9 and 10-17years. Results In the overall analysis, no statistically significant association was found between severe famine exposure in childhood and a high coronary calcium score (OR 1.80, 95% CI 0.87 to 3.78). However, when looking at specific risk periods, severe famine exposure during adolescence was related to a higher risk for a high coronary calcium score than non-exposure to famine, both in crude (OR 3.47, 95% CI 1.00 to 12.07) and adjusted analyses (OR 4.62, 95% CI 1.16 to 18.43). No statistically significant association was found between childhood famine exposure and valve or aortic calcification (OR 1.66, 95% CI 0.69 to 4.10). Conclusions Famine exposure in childhood, especially during adolescence, seems to be associated with a higher risk of coronary artery calcification in late adulthood. However, the association between childhood famine exposure and cardiac valve/aortic calcification is less clear
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003818
DO - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003818
M3 - Article
C2 - 24293207
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 3
SP - e003818
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
IS - 11
ER -