Title
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein and all-cause mortality in four diverse populations: The CRONICAS Cohort Study
Date Issued
01 March 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Inc.
Abstract
Purpose: To assess the association between all-cause mortality and hs-CRP, based mainly on the cumulative burden approach. Methods: Cohort study with adults ≥35 years from general population, using hs-CRP at two timepoints: at baseline and 30 months later to establish different exposures: change over time, cumulative, and weighted cumulative hs-CRP. The outcome was all-cause mortality assessed 7 years later. Cox models were generated to quantify the association. Results: Data from 3,119 participants (mean age 55.6 years, and 51.2% females), were analyzed. During follow-up, 164 (5.6%) deaths occurred over 20,314.5 person-years, indicating an overall mortality rate of 8.1 per 1,000 person-years. In multivariable model, hs-CRP at baseline was associated with high risk of mortality (HR = 1.77; 95%CI: 1.28–2.46). Similarly, hs-CRP change over time (HR = 2.50; 95%CI: 1.46–4.29), as well as cumulative and weighted cumulative hs-CRP (HR = 2.05; 95%CI: 1.31–3.20) were associated with greater risk of all-cause mortality. The weighted cumulative hs-CRP had the best goodness-of-fit for mortality prediction. Conclusions: In this cohort across diverse geographical low-resource settings, high levels of hs-CRP were strongly associated with all-cause mortality. Two measurements of hs-CRP are better than one to predict mortality, and the weighted cumulative approach had the best prognostic fit.
Start page
13
End page
18
Volume
67
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias médicas, Ciencias de la salud
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85122148042
PubMed ID
Source
Annals of Epidemiology
ISSN of the container
10472797
Sponsor(s)
Data Statement. Data for analyses (dataset and dictionary) is available at Figshare. Bernabe-Ortiz, Antonio; Miranda, J. Jaime (2021): CRP and mortality. figshare. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.17129321.v1. The original CRONICAS Cohort Study was funded in whole with Federal Funds from the United States National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under contract No. HHSN268200900033C. RMC-L is funded by a Wellcome Trust International Training Fellowship (214185/Z/18/Z). The funders had no role in the preparation of the manuscript, or the decision to publish.
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