Abstract
Objectives: To examine differences in risk factor (RF) management between peripheral artery disease (PAD) and coronary artery (CAD) or cerebrovascular disease (CVD), as well as the impact of RF control on major 1-year cardiovascular (CV) event rates. Methods: The REACH Registry recruited >68000 outpatients aged ≥45 years with established atherothrombotic disease or ≥3 RFs for atherothrombosis. The predictors of RF control that were evaluated included: (1) patient demographics, (2) mode of PAD diagnosis, and (3) concomitant CAD and/or CVD. Results: RF control was less frequent in patients with PAD (n = 8322), compared with those with CAD or CVD (but no PAD, n = 47492) [blood pressure; glycemia; total cholesterol; smoking cessation (each P < 0.001)]. Factors independently associated with optimal RF control in patients with PAD were male gender (OR = 1.9); residence in North America (OR = 3.5), Japan (OR = 2.5) or Latin America (OR = 1.5); previous coronary revascularization (OR = 1.3); and statin use (OR = 1.4); whereas prior leg amputation was a negative predictor (OR = 0.7) (P < 0.001). Optimal RF control was associated with fewer 1-year CV ischemic symptoms or events. Conclusions: Patients with PAD do not achieve RF control as frequently as individuals with CAD or CVD. Improved RF control is associated with a positive impact on 1-year CV event rates.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | e86-e92 |
Journal | Atherosclerosis |
Volume | 204 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2009 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding: The REACH Registry is sponsored by sanofi-aventis (Paris, France), Bristol-Myers Squibb (Princetown, New Jersey, USA), and the Waksman Foundation (Tokyo, Japan). The sponsors provide logistical support. All the publication activity is controlled by the REACH Registry Global Publication Committee (Ph. Gabriel Steg, Deepak L. Bhatt, Mark Alberts, Ralph D’Agostino, Kim Eagle, Shinya Goto, Alan T. Hirsch, Chiau-Suong Liau, Jean-Louis Mas, E. Magnus Ohman, Joachim Röther, Sidney C. Smith, Peter W.F. Wilson). All manuscripts in the REACH Registry are prepared by independent authors who are not governed by the funding sponsors and are reviewed by an academic publication committee before submission. The funding sponsors have the opportunity to review manuscript submissions but do not have authority to change any aspect of a manuscript.
Funding Information:
Prof. Creager is the recipient of research grants from sanofi-aventis and Merck and is on the speaker's bureau for the Bristol-Myers Squibb – sanofi-aventis Partnership. He is a consultant for Genzyme, Merck, Sigma Tau, and Vascutec.
Funding Information:
Dr. Hirsch has received research grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb and sanofi-aventis and honoraria from sanofi-aventis.
Funding Information:
Prof. Steg has received honoraria for advisory board attendance and consulting fees from AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Sharpe and Dohme, Nycomed, sanofi-aventis, Servier, Takeda, The Medicines Company; speakers bureau from Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Nycomed, sanofi-aventis, Servier, ZLB Behring and Research Grant from sanofi-aventis within the last 3 years.
Keywords
- Cardiovascular events
- Cohort study
- Peripheral artery disease
- REACH Registry
- Risk factor control