2024
Hypertension Trends and Disparities Over 12 Years in a Large Health System: Leveraging the Electronic Health Records
Brush J, Lu Y, Liu Y, Asher J, Li S, Sawano M, Young P, Schulz W, Anderson M, Burrows J, Krumholz H. Hypertension Trends and Disparities Over 12 Years in a Large Health System: Leveraging the Electronic Health Records. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e033253. PMID: 38686864, PMCID: PMC11179912, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsRegional health systemImprove hypertension careHealth systemHealth recordsHypertension careDiastolic blood pressureAge-adjusted prevalence ratesNon-Hispanic Black patientsPrevalence ratesLarger health systemCross-sectional analysisTransformation of medical dataLeveraging real-world dataHigh prevalence rateHypertension trendsHypertension prevalenceBlood pressureBlood pressure measurementsHypertension diagnosisPrimary outcomeNational trendsProportion of patientsAntihypertensive medicationsBlack patients
2023
Quantifying Blood Pressure Visit-to-Visit Variability in the Real-World Setting: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Lu Y, Linderman G, Mahajan S, Liu Y, Huang C, Khera R, Mortazavi B, Spatz E, Krumholz H. Quantifying Blood Pressure Visit-to-Visit Variability in the Real-World Setting: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2023, 16: e009258. PMID: 36883456, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.122.009258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBlood PressureBlood Pressure DeterminationFemaleHumansHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsConceptsRetrospective cohort studyBlood pressure valuesPatient characteristicsReal-world settingCohort studyPatient subgroupsYale New Haven Health SystemMean body mass indexSystolic blood pressure valuesBlood pressure visitHistory of hypertensionCoronary artery diseaseManagement of patientsMultivariable linear regression modelsBlood pressure readingsBody mass indexPatient-level measuresBlood pressure variationAbsolute standardized differencesNon-Hispanic whitesAntihypertensive medicationsReal-world practiceVisit variabilityArtery diseaseRegression models
2022
Proceedings From a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Workshop to Control Hypertension
Commodore-Mensah Y, Loustalot F, Himmelfarb CD, Desvigne-Nickens P, Sachdev V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Clauser SB, Cohen DJ, Egan BM, Fendrick AM, Ferdinand KC, Goodman C, Graham GN, Jaffe MG, Krumholz HM, Levy PD, Mays GP, McNellis R, Muntner P, Ogedegbe G, Milani RV, Polgreen LA, Reisman L, Sanchez EJ, Sperling LS, Wall HK, Whitten L, Wright JT, Wright JS, Fine LJ. Proceedings From a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Workshop to Control Hypertension. American Journal Of Hypertension 2022, 35: 232-243. PMID: 35259237, PMCID: PMC8903890, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpab182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBlood PressureBlood Pressure DeterminationCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.HumansHypertensionNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.)United StatesConceptsHypertension controlBlood pressureHypertension treatmentBlood InstituteNational HeartSelf-measured BP monitoringDisease controlCommunity-clinical linkagesModifiable risk factorsMore cardiovascular eventsAge-adjusted proportionSurgeon General's CallTeam-based careHigh-quality health carePublic health messagingCardiovascular eventsStroke preventionControl hypertensionBP monitoringHeart diseaseRisk factorsUS adultsClinical supportHealth messagingSocial determinants
2020
Heterogeneity in Trajectories of Systolic Blood Pressure among Young Adults in Qingdao Port Cardiovascular Health Study
Lin H, Cui M, Spatz ES, Wang Y, Lu J, Li J, Li S, Huang C, Liu X, Jiang L, Krumholz HM, Xu X. Heterogeneity in Trajectories of Systolic Blood Pressure among Young Adults in Qingdao Port Cardiovascular Health Study. Global Heart 2020, 15: 20. PMID: 32489793, PMCID: PMC7218791, DOI: 10.5334/gh.764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBlood PressureBlood Pressure DeterminationBody Mass IndexCardiovascular DiseasesChinaFemaleHumansMalePrevalenceProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSystoleYoung AdultConceptsSystolic blood pressureHigher systolic blood pressureCardiovascular Health StudyBlood pressureYoung adultsHealth StudyEffective blood pressure controlBaseline systolic blood pressureInitial systolic blood pressureGreater body mass indexBlood pressure controlBody mass indexGreater waist circumferenceBaseline health characteristicsSBP trendsWaist circumferenceMass indexSBP trajectoriesAdvanced ageOrdinal logistic regressionRisk factorsCardiovascular diseaseFamily historyHealth characteristicsHigh school education
2018
Accurate estimation of cardiovascular risk in a non-diabetic adult: detecting and correcting the error in the reported Framingham Risk Score for the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial population
Warner F, Dhruva SS, Ross JS, Dey P, Murugiah K, Krumholz HM. Accurate estimation of cardiovascular risk in a non-diabetic adult: detecting and correcting the error in the reported Framingham Risk Score for the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial population. BMJ Open 2018, 8: e021685. PMID: 30037874, PMCID: PMC6059296, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021685.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntihypertensive AgentsBlood Pressure DeterminationCardiovascular DiseasesHumansHypertensionRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSystoleConceptsSystolic Blood Pressure Intervention TrialFramingham risk scoreCardiovascular riskRisk scoreStudy populationStudy participantsNon-diabetic adultsTotal study populationHigh-risk populationClinical trial dataClinical trial sitesTrial populationIntervention trialsRisk populationsNew England JournalIndependent investigatorsTrial dataSecondary analysisSPRINT trialSPRINT dataTrialsRiskScoresParticipantsPopulation