Increased FH-Risk-Score and Diabetes Are Cardiovascular Risk Equivalents in Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic condition causing premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). It is well established that patients with FH should be treated with statin therapy. However, there exists discordance concerning low-density lipoprotein cholesterol-lowering goals in the management of these patients between different guidelines worldwide. The objective was to compare the 10-year ASCVD risk of different subgroups of patients with and without FH including those with diabetes or a history of ASCVD and patients with FH within different FH-Risk-Score categories.

METHODS: This multinational observational study used data from 3 different prospective cohorts. A total of 3383 FH and 6917 non-FH controls matched for age and sex were included (104 363 person-years of follow-up). The 10-year incident ASCVD risk was assessed using Kaplan-Meier estimates, whereas the relative risk was estimated using Cox proportional hazards regression models.

RESULTS: FH patients with a high (score >20%) FH-Risk-Score (hazard ratio, 8.45 [95% CI, 6.69-10.67]; P<0.0001), FH patients with diabetes (hazard ratio, 7.67 [95% CI, 4.82-12.21]; P<0.0001), and non-FH patients with ASCVD (hazard ratio, 6.78 [95% CI, 5.45-8.42]; P<0.0001) had a significantly higher incident ASCVD risk over 10 years than the reference group (non-FH without ASCVD or diabetes). The observed 10-year risks in these groups were 32.1%, 30.8%, 30.0%, and 5.1%, respectively. The 10-year ASCVD risk associated with both FH and ASCVD was extremely high (observed risk of 50.7%; hazard ratio, 14.53 [95% CI, 12.14-17.38]; P<0.0001).

CONCLUSIONS: This study strongly suggests that the observed risk of FH patients with diabetes, history of ASCVD, and FH-Risk-Score >20% is as high or higher than non-FH individuals with a history of ASCVD. More aggressive management should be recommended for these patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 44(2024), 2 vom: 23. Feb., Seite 505-512

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Paquette, Martine [VerfasserIn]
Cariou, Bertrand [VerfasserIn]
Bernard, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Hegele, Robert A [VerfasserIn]
Gallo, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Genest, Jacques [VerfasserIn]
Trinder, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Brunham, Liam R [VerfasserIn]
Béliard, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Baass, Alexis [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atherosclerosis
Cardiovascular diseases
Cholesterol, LDL
Hyperlipoproteinemia type II
Journal Article
Observational Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Risk factors

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Date Completed 02.02.2024

Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.319957

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365229806