Increased blood pressure visit-to-visit variability in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: association with inflammation and comorbidity burden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood pressure visit-to-visit variability is a novel risk factor for deleterious long-term cardiac and renal outcomes in the general population. We hypothesized that patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have greater blood pressure visit-to-visit variability than control subjects and that blood pressure visit-to-visit variability is associated with a higher comorbidity burden.

Methods

We studied 899 patients with SLE and 4172 matched controls using de-identified electronic health records from an academic medical center. We compared blood pressure visit-to-visit variability measures in patients with SLE and control subjects and examined the association between blood pressure visit-to-visit variability and patients' characteristics.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Reese T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6613390 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature