Optimal target blood pressure for the primary prevention of hemorrhagic stroke: a nationwide observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are few reports on the preventative value of intensive blood pressure (BP) management for stroke, especially hemorrhagic stroke (HS), after new criteria for hypertension (HTN) were announced by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association in 2017.

Aims

This study aimed to identify the optimal BP for the primary prevention of HS in a healthy population aged between 20 and 65 years.

Methods

We conducted a 10-year observational study on the risk of HS, subclassified as intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) according to BP categories (e.g., low normal BP, high normal BP, elevated BP, stage 1 HTN, and stage 2 HTN) using the National Health Insurance Service Database.

Results

Out of 8,327,751 participants w

SUBMITTER: Shim HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10593468 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature