| アブストラクト | BACKGROUND: Blood pressure (BP) management in frail older people is challenging. An randomised controlled trial of largely non-frail older people found cardiovascular and mortality benefit with systolic (S) BP target <120 mmHg. However, all-cause mortality by attained BP in routine care in frail adults aged above 75 is unclear. OBJECTIVES: To estimate observational associations between baseline BP and mortality/cardiovascular outcomes in a primary-care population aged above 75, stratified by frailty. METHODS: Prospective observational analysis using electronic health records (clinical practice research datalink, n = 415,980). We tested BP associations with cardiovascular events and mortality using competing and Cox proportional-hazards models respectively (follow-up </=10 years), stratified by baseline electronic frailty index (eFI: fit (non-frail), mild, moderate, severe frailty), with sensitivity analyses on co-morbidity, cardiovascular risk and BP trajectory. RESULTS: Risks of cardiovascular outcomes increased with SBPs >150 mmHg. Associations with mortality varied between non-frail <85 and frail 75-84-year-olds and all above 85 years. SBPs above the 130-139-mmHg reference were associated with lower mortality risk, particularly in moderate to severe frailty or above 85 years (e.g. 75-84 years: 150-159 mmHg Hazard Ratio (HR) mortality compared to 130-139: non-frail HR = 0.94, 0.92-0.97; moderate/severe frailty HR = 0.84, 0.77-0.92). SBP <130 mmHg and Diastolic(D)BP <80 mmHg were consistently associated with excess mortality, independent of BP trajectory toward the end of life. CONCLUSIONS: In representative primary-care patients aged >/=75, BP <130/80 was associated with excess mortality. Hypertension was not associated with increased mortality at ages above 85 or at ages 75-84 with moderate/severe frailty, perhaps due to complexities of co-existing morbidities. The priority given to aggressive BP reduction in frail older people requires further evaluation. |
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| ジャーナル名 | Age and ageing |
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| 投稿日 | 2020/3/7 |
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| 投稿者 | Masoli, Jane A H; Delgado, Joao; Pilling, Luke; Strain, David; Melzer, David |
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| 組織名 | Epidemiology and Public Health Group, University of Exeter Medical School,;Exeter, UK.;Department of Healthcare for Older People, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital,;Diabetes and Vascular Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.;UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington CT,;USA. |
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| Pubmed リンク | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32133525/ |
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