Effects of Intensive Systolic Blood Pressure Control on All-Cause Hospitalizations.

ABSTRACT: Intensive blood pressure control decreases the rate of cardiovascular events by >25% compared with standard blood pressure control. We sought to determine whether the decrease in cardiovascular events seen with intensive blood pressure control is associated with an increased rate of other causes of hospitalization. This is a post hoc analysis of SPRINT (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial) in 9361 adult participants with hypertension and elevated cardiovascular risk. Participants were randomly assigned to an intensive or standard systolic blood pressure goal (<120 or <140 mm Hg, respectively). The primary outcome was hospitalization rates per 100 person-years for hospitalizations not associated with SPRINT primary events. After excluding hospitalizations linked to SPRINT primary eve

SUBMITTER: Rocco MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7666020 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature