Midlife Blood Pressure Variability and Risk of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events During Extended Follow-up
de Havenon A, Delic A, Yaghi S, Wong KH, Majersik JJ, Stulberg E, Tirschwell D, Anadani M. Midlife Blood Pressure Variability and Risk of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events During Extended Follow-up. American Journal Of Hypertension 2021, 34: 1269-1275. PMID: 34240111, PMCID: PMC8643578, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpab106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood pressure variabilityLong-term blood pressure variabilityCardiovascular eventsHazard ratioPressure variabilityCardiovascular disease-free participantsMean systolic blood pressureVisit blood pressure variabilityCox proportional hazards modelCardiovascular risk factorsCorresponding hazard ratiosCongestive heart failureDisease-free patientsSystolic blood pressureDisease-free participantsProportional hazards modelPrior strokeCause mortalitySecondary outcomesBlood pressureHeart failureIndependent predictorsPrimary outcomeVisit 4Mean ageWhite Matter Hyperintensity and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in the SPRINT MIND Trial
Sheibani N, Wong KH, Turan TN, Yeatts SD, Gottesman RF, Prabhakaran S, Rost NS, de Havenon A. White Matter Hyperintensity and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in the SPRINT MIND Trial. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2021, 30: 105764. PMID: 33823461, PMCID: PMC8107132, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.105764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystolic Blood Pressure Intervention TrialWhite matter hyperintensity volumeSystolic blood pressurePrimary outcomeHazard ratioLog-transformed white matter hyperintensity volumeGoal systolic blood pressureLog-transformed continuous variableComposite of strokeIntensive BP loweringHigh cardiovascular riskAcute coronary syndromeCongestive heart failureProspective clinical trialsCardiovascular disease outcomesFuture CVD riskWhite matter hyperintensitiesSubset of participantsBP loweringCardiovascular deathCardiovascular eventsCoronary syndromeCardiovascular riskCVD riskBlood pressure