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Age-specific associations between Systolic Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease: A 10-years diabetes cohort study

Wan, EYF; Yu, EYT; Chin, WY; Wong, I; Chan, EWY; Chen, S; Lam, CLK; (2020) Age-specific associations between Systolic Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease: A 10-years diabetes cohort study. Journal of the American Heart Association , 9 (14) 10.1161/JAHA.119.015771. Green open access

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Abstract: Background The relationship between systolic blood pressure (SBP) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among patients with diabetes mellitus remains unclear. The study aimed to explore age‐specific associations between SBP and CVD. Methods and Results: A population‐based retrospective cohort study was conducted on 180 492 Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in 2008–2010, with follow‐up to 2017. Age‐specific associations (<50, 50–59, 60–69, and 70–79 years) between the average SBP in the previous 2 years and CVD risk were assessed by adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression with age‐specific regression dilution ratios and patient characteristics stratified by subgroups. During a median follow‐up of 9.3 years (1.5 million person‐years), 32 545 patients developed a CVD, with an incidence rate of 23.4 per 1000 person‐years. A positive and log‐linear association between SBP and CVD risk was observed among the 4 age groups without evidence of a threshold down to 120 mm Hg, but the magnitude of SBP effect on CVD attenuated with increased age. The CVD risk in the age group <50 years was ≈22% higher than the age group 70 to 79 years (hazard ratio [HR], 1.33 [95% CI, 1.26–1.41] versus HR, 1.09 [95% CI, 1.07–1.11]). Each 10‐mm Hg higher SBP was associated with 12% (HR, 1.12 [95% CI, 1.10–1.13]), 11% (HR, 1.11 [95% CI, 1.10–1.13]), and 20% (HR, 1.20 [95% CI, 1.17–1.22]) higher risk of all composite CVD events, individual CVD, and CVD mortality, respectively. Conclusions: There is a significant log‐linear relationship between baseline SBP and the risk of CVD among patients with diabetes mellitus in China. The risk increases from an SBP of 120 mm Hg onward. Age influences this relationship significantly, with younger patients (<50 years) having a greater risk of CVD for a similar rise in SBP as compared with those who are older. These findings suggest that differential target blood pressures stratified by age maybe useful

Type: Article
Title: Age-specific associations between Systolic Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease: A 10-years diabetes cohort study
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015771
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.015771
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
Keywords: blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, mortality
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Practice and Policy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094706
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