Visit-to-visit systolic blood pressure variability and microvascular complications among patients with diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To examine the relationship between systolic blood pressure (SBP) variability and the risk of microvascular complications in a non-elderly diabetic population.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study of individuals aged ≤60years treated for diabetes in 2003 in the US Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system. Individuals were followed for five years for any new diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy, or neuropathy. In each year of follow-up, individuals were classified into quartiles based on their SBP variability.

Results

We identified 208,338 patients with diabetes without diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy, or neuropathy at baseline. Compared to individuals with the least SBP variability (Quartile 1), those with most variability (Quartile 4)

SUBMITTER: Sohn MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5209256 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature