Risk Factors of CVD Mortality among the Elderly in Beijing, 1992 – 2009: An 18-year Cohort Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Tao Zhou³  Xia Li³  Zhe Tang⁴  Changchun Xie⁶  Lixin Tao³  Lei Pan³  Da Huo⁵  Fei Sun⁴  Yanxia Luo³  Wei Wang²  Aoshuang Yan¹ 

[1] Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Sijiqing Street, Beijing 100195, China;School of Medical Science, Edith Cowan University, 2 Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, Massachusetts, WA 6050, Australia; E-Mail:;School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, 10 Xitoutiao, Youanmen, Beijing 100069, China; E-Mails:;Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, 45 Changchun Street, Beijing 100069, China; E-Mails:;Institute for Infectious Disease and Endemic Disease Control, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 16 Hepingli Middle Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100013, China; E-Mail:;Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, OH 45267, USA; E-Mail:

关键词: cardiovascular disease;    competing risk model;    Fine and Gray’s test;    risk factors;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph110202193

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Few researchers have examined the effects of multiple risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality simultaneously. This study was to determine the associations of combined lifestyle and other factors with CVD mortality among the elderly (n = 3,257), in Beijing, China, through data mining of the Beijing Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA). BLSA is a representative cohort study from 1992 to 2009, hosted by Xuan Wu Hospital. Competing risk survival analysis was conducted to explore the association between risk factors and CVD mortality. The factors focused mainly on lifestyle, physical condition, and the model was adjusted for age and gender. There were 273 of the 1,068 recorded deaths caused by CVD among the 2010 participants. Living in a suburban area (HR = 0.614, 95% CI: 0.410-0.921) was associated with lower CVD mortality. Increasing age (66–75: HR = 1.511, 95% CI: 1.111–2.055; ≥76: HR = 1.847, 95% CI: 1.256–2.717), high blood pressure (HR = 1.407, 95% CI: 1.031–1.920), frequent consumption of meat (HR = 1.559, 95% CI: 1.079–2.254) and physical inactivity (p = 0.046) were associated with higher CVD mortality. The study provides an instructional foundation for the control and prevention of CVD in Beijing, China.

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