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, Jose Boggia, Masahiro Kikuya, Kristina Bjorklund-Bodegard, Tom Richart, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Jorgen Jeppesen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Eamon Dolan, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Katarzyna Stolarz-Skrzypek, Valerie Tikhonoff, Sofia Malyutina, Edoardo Casiglia, Yuri Nikitin, Lars Lind, Edgardo Sandoya, Kalina Kawecka-JaszczYutaka Imai, Jiguang Wang, Hans Ibsen, Eoin O'Brien, Jan A. Staessen*

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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 (P = 1.07) with the exception of cardiac and coronary events (HR: = 0.58). Higher systolic average real variability in 24-hour ambulatory BP recordings predicted (P= 1.07), with the exception of cardiac and coronary events (HR: = 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
Pages (from-to)1049-U419
JournalHypertension
Volume55
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2010

Keywords

  • blood pressure variability
  • ambulatory blood pressure
  • population science
  • risk factors
  • epidemiology

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