Subclinical Vascular Disease Burden and Premature Mortality Among Middle-aged Adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
Chenkai WuKehan ZhangMichelle C OddenAnna M Kucharska-NewtonPriya PaltaKunihiro MatsushitaRebecca F GottesmanB Gwen WindhamPublished in: Journal of general internal medicine (2021)
Midlife SVD burden was associated with premature mortality and it could stratify premature death beyond clinical CVD. It is important to take SVD into account when designing interventions for reducing premature mortality.