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Association of Blood Pressure Trajectory With Mortality, Incident Cardiovascular Disease, and Heart Failure in the Cardiovascular Health Study.
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| Title | Association of Blood Pressure Trajectory With Mortality, Incident Cardiovascular Disease, and Heart Failure in the Cardiovascular Health Study. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2017 |
| Authors | Smitson, CC, Scherzer, R, Shlipak, MG, Psaty, BM, Newman, AB, Sarnak, MJ, Odden, MC, Peralta, CA |
| Journal | Am J Hypertens |
| Date Published | 2017 Mar 10 |
| ISSN | 1941-7225 |
| Abstract | <p><b>BACKGROUND: </b>Common blood pressure (BP) trajectories are not well established in elderly persons, and their association with clinical outcomes is uncertain.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>We used hierarchical cluster analysis to identify discrete BP trajectories among 4,067 participants in the Cardiovascular Health Study using repeated BP measures from years 0 to 7. We then evaluated associations of each BP trajectory cluster with all-cause mortality, incident cardiovascular disease (CVD, defined as stroke or myocardial infarction) (N = 2,837), and incident congestive heart failure (HF) (N = 3,633) using Cox proportional hazard models.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>Median age was 77 years at year 7. Over a median 9.3 years of follow-up, there were 2,475 deaths, 659 CVD events, and 1,049 HF events. The cluster analysis identified 3 distinct trajectory groups. Participants in cluster 1 (N = 1,838) had increases in both systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) BPs, whereas persons in cluster 2 (N = 1,109) had little change in SBP but declines in DBP. Persons in cluster 3 (N = 1,120) experienced declines in both SBP and DBP. After multivariable adjustment, clusters 2 and 3 were associated with increased mortality risk relative to cluster 1 (hazard ratio = 1.21, 95% confidence interval: 1.06-1.37 and hazard ratio = 1.20, 95% confidence interval: 1.05-1.36, respectively). Compared to cluster 1, cluster 3 had higher rates of incident CVD but associations were not statistically significant in demographic-adjusted models (hazard ratio = 1.16, 95% confidence interval: 0.96-1.39). Findings were similar when stratified by use of antihypertensive therapy.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>Among community-dwelling elders, distinct BP trajectories were identified by integrating both SBP and DBP. These clusters were found to have differential associations with outcomes.</p> |
| DOI | 10.1093/ajh/hpx028 |
| Alternate Journal | Am. J. Hypertens. |
| PubMed ID | 28338937 |
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