Prognostic value of reading-to-reading blood pressure variability over 24 hours in 8938 subjects from 11 populations

Tine W Hansen, Lutgarde Thijs, Yan Li, José Boggia, Masahiro Kikuya, Kristina Björklund-Bodegård, Tom Richart, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Jørgen Lykke Jeppesen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Eamon Dolan, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Katarzyna Stolarz-Skrzypek, Valérie Tikhonoff, Sofia Malyutina, Edoardo Casiglia, Yuri Nikitin, Lars Solskov Lind, Edgardo Sandoya, Kalina Kawecka-JaszczYutaka Imai, Jiguang Wang, Hans Ibsen, Eoin O'Brien, Jan A Staessen, International Database on Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Relation to Cardiovascular Outcomes Investigators, Yan Li

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    Abstract

    In previous studies, of which several were underpowered, the relation between cardiovascular outcome and blood pressure (BP) variability was inconsistent. We followed health outcomes in 8938 subjects (mean age: 53.0 years; 46.8% women) randomly recruited from 11 populations. At baseline, we assessed BP variability from the SD and average real variability in 24-hour ambulatory BP recordings. We computed standardized hazard ratios (HRs) while stratifying by cohort and adjusting for 24-hour BP and other risk factors. Over 11.3 years (median), 1242 deaths (487 cardiovascular) occurred, and 1049, 577, 421, and 457 participants experienced a fatal or nonfatal cardiovascular, cardiac, or coronary event or a stroke. Higher diastolic average real variability in 24-hour ambulatory BP recordings predicted (Por=1.07) with the exception of cardiac and coronary events (HR: or=0.58). Higher systolic average real variability in 24-hour ambulatory BP recordings predicted (Por=1.07), with the exception of cardiac and coronary events (HR: or=0.54). SD predicted only total and cardiovascular mortality. While accounting for the 24-hour BP level, average real variability in 24-hour ambulatory BP recordings added
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalHypertension
    Volume55
    Issue number4
    Pages (from-to)1049-57
    Number of pages9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2010

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