Self-rated health and risk of incident cardiovascular events among individuals with hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between self-rated health (SRH) and cardiovascular events in individuals with hypertension, but without diabetes mellitus, is understudied.

Methods

We performed a post hoc analysis of data from SPRINT (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial). SRH was categorized into excellent, very good, good and fair/poor. Using multivariable Cox regression, we estimated hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association of SRH with both all-cause mortality and a composite of cardiovascular events (the primary outcome), which was defined to include myocardial infarction (MI), other acute coronary syndromes, stroke, acute decompensated heart failure, and cardiovascular death.

Results

We included 9319 SPRINT participants (aged 67.9 ± 9

SUBMITTER: Kazibwe R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11294676 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature