2022
Baseline Serum Biomarkers of Inflammation and Subsequent Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability: A Post Hoc Analysis of MESA
Wong KH, Muddasani V, Peterson C, Sheibani N, Arkin C, Cheong I, Majersik JJ, Biffi A, Petersen N, Falcone GJ, Sansing LH, de Havenon AH. Baseline Serum Biomarkers of Inflammation and Subsequent Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability: A Post Hoc Analysis of MESA. American Journal Of Hypertension 2022, 36: 144-147. PMID: 36315490, PMCID: PMC11484580, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpac122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood pressure variabilityHigh blood pressure variabilitySerum inflammatory markersPlasmin-antiplasmin complexC-reactive proteinInterleukin-6Inflammatory markersBlood pressureStudy visitPressure variabilityBaseline serum IL-6Visit blood pressure variabilityLipid-lowering medicationsMean blood pressureSerum IL-6Markers of inflammationSystolic blood pressureBaseline study visitBody mass indexOnly IL-6Major vascular diseasesMulti-Ethnic StudyBaseline serum biomarkersPatient age categoryPost Hoc Analysis
2021
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 age