• Rupak Desai, Upenkumar Patel, Tarang Parekh, Bishoy Hanna, Kranthi Sitammagari, Hee Kong Fong, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Yash Varma, Nanush Damarlapally, Rajkumar Doshi, Sejal Savani, Gautam Kumar, and Rajesh Sachdeva.
• From the Division of Cardiology, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, the Department of Internal Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York, the Department of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, the Division of Cardiology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, the Department of Internal Medicine, Atrium Health Union, Monroe, North Carolina, the Division of Cardiology, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, the Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Idaho Falls, the Department of Medicine, Bhavnagar Medical College, Gujarat, India, the Department of Health Sciences, Coleman College of Health Sciences, Houston, Texas, the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, and the Department of Public Health, New York University, New York, New York.
• South. Med. J. 2020 Jun 1; 113 (6): 311-319.

ObjectivesPrevalence and trends in all cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among young adults (18-39 years) have not been evaluated on a large scale stratified by sex and race. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence and temporal trend of CVD risk factors in US inpatients younger than 40 years of age from 2007 through 2014 with racial and sex-based distinctions. In addition, the impact of these risk factors on inpatient outcomes and healthcare resource utilization was explored.MethodsA cross-sectional nationwide analysis of all hospitalizations, comorbidities, and complications among young adults from 2007 to 2014 was performed. The primary outcomes were frequency, trends, and race- and sex-based differences in coexisting CVD risk factors. Coprimary outcomes were trends in all-cause mortality, acute myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, stroke, and venous thromboembolism in young adults with CVD risk factors. Secondary outcomes were demographics and resource utilization in young adults with versus without CVD risk factors.ResultsOf 63 million hospitalizations (mean 30.5 [standard deviation 5.9] years), 27% had at least one coexisting CVD risk factor. From 2007 to 2014, admission frequency with CVD risk factors increased from 42.8% to 55.1% in males and from 16.2% to 24.6% in females. Admissions with CVD risk were higher in male (41.4% vs 15.9%) and white (58.4% vs 53.8%) or African American (22.6% vs 15.9%) patients compared with those without CVD risk. Young adults in the Midwest (23.9% vs 21.1%) and South (40.8% vs 37.9%) documented comparatively higher hospitalizations rates with CVD risk. Young adults with CVD risk had higher all-cause in-hospital mortality (0.4% vs. 0.3%) with a higher average length of stay (4.3 vs 3.2 days) and charges per admission ($30,074 vs $20,124).ConclusionsDespite modern advances in screening, management, and interventional measures for CVD, rising trends in CVD risk factors across all sex and race/ethnic groups call for attention by preventive cardiologists.

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