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Different prognostic impact of 24-hour mean blood pressure and pulse pressure on stroke and coronary artery disease in essential hypertension.
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Circulation [Circulation] 2001 May 29; Vol. 103 (21), pp. 2579-84. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Background: We tested the hypothesis that the steady and pulsatile components of blood pressure (BP) exert a different influence on coronary artery disease and stroke in subjects with hypertension.<br />Methods and Results: We analyzed data on 2311 subjects with essential hypertension. All subjects (mean age 51 years, 47% women) underwent off-therapy 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring. Over a follow-up period of up to 14 years (mean 4.7 years), there were 132 major cardiac events (1.20 per 100 person-years) and 105 cerebrovascular events (0.90 per 100 person-years). After adjustment for age, sex, diabetes, serum cholesterol, and cigarette smoking (all P<0.01), for each 10 mm Hg increase in 24-hour pulse pressure (PP), there was an independent 35% increase in the risk of cardiac events (95% CI 17% to 55%). Twenty-four-hour mean BP was not a significant predictor of cardiac events after controlling for PP. After adjustment for age, sex, and diabetes (all P<0.05), for every 10 mm Hg increase in 24-hour mean BP, the risk of cerebrovascular events increased by 42% (95% CI 19% to 69%), and 24-hour PP did not yield significance after controlling for 24-hour mean BP. Twenty-four-hour PP was also an independent predictor of fatal cardiac events, and 24-hour mean BP was an independent predictor of fatal cerebrovascular events.<br />Conclusions: In subjects with predominantly systolic and diastolic hypertension, ambulatory mean BP and PP exert a different predictive effect on the cardiac and cerebrovascular complications. Although PP is the dominant predictor of cardiac events, mean BP is the major independent predictor of cerebrovascular events.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
Coronary Disease etiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hypertension complications
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Prognosis
Risk Factors
Stroke etiology
Blood Pressure physiology
Coronary Disease physiopathology
Hypertension physiopathology
Pulse
Stroke physiopathology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1524-4539
- Volume :
- 103
- Issue :
- 21
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Circulation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11382727
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.103.21.2579