Blood Pressure Variability Predicts Adverse Events and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Post-Hoc Analysis of the SPRINT Trial
Mezue K, Goyal A, Pressman G, Horrow J, Rangaswami J. Blood Pressure Variability Predicts Adverse Events and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Post-Hoc Analysis of the SPRINT Trial. American Journal Of Hypertension 2017, 31: 48-52. PMID: 28985328, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpx128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic kidney diseaseAcute kidney injuryDiastolic blood pressureDBP CVVisit-to-visitCardiovascular outcomesBlood pressure variabilityAdverse eventsPrimary outcomeKidney diseaseBlood pressureAssociated with adverse cardiovascular outcomesVisit-to-visit blood pressure variabilityCox proportional hazards regressionTarget systolic blood pressureAdverse cardiovascular outcomesPressure variabilityProportional hazards regressionSystolic blood pressurePredicting adverse eventsPost hoc analysisVisit-to-visit DBP variabilityAntihypertensive therapyIndependent predictorsKidney injury