Incidence of cardiovascular disease in individuals affected by recent changes to US blood pressure treatment guidelines.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in individuals whose blood pressure (BP) management strategy would change with adoption of recent US hypertension guidelines in two large, community-based cohorts with different racial and geographic compositions: the Framingham and Jackson Heart Studies (FHS and JHS). METHODS:We assigned 11 237 FHS (mean age 46, 53% women) and 2948 JHS (mean age 55, 69% women) participants free of CVD and chronic kidney disease to one of five categories representing different treatment recommendations between 2014 Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Report from the Panel Members Appointed to the Eighth Joint National Committee and The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention,

SUBMITTER: Nayor M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6062206 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature