Association of Optimal Blood Pressure With Critical Cardiorenal Events and Mortality in High-Risk and Low-Risk Patients Treated With Antihypertension Medications.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There are few studies comparing the optimal level of treated blood pressure (BP) between high- and low-risk patients.

Objective

To examine whether optimally treated BP is different according to risk status.

Design, setting, and participants

Population-based cohort study using data from the National Health Information Database in Korea from 2002 to 2015 and 2006 to 2017. A total of 1 402 975 adults aged 40 to 79 years who had no known cardiorenal disease were included.

Exposures

Systolic BP treated with antihypertensive medication.

Main outcomes and measures

The yearly rates of critical cardiorenal events and all-cause death were estimated according to the levels of treated systolic BP and the presence of 5 risk factors (hypertension, diabetes,

SUBMITTER: Jung HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6714012 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature