Office Blood Pressure Range and Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Hypertension: A Nationwide Cohort Study in South Korea

Office Blood Pressure Range and Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Hypertension: A Nationwide Cohort Study in South Korea

Background It is unclear what office blood pressure (BP) is the optimal treatment target range in patients with hypertension. Methods and Results Using the Korean National Health Insurance Service database, we extracted the data on 479 359 patients with hypertension with available BP measurements an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American Heart Association 2021-04, Vol.10 (7), p.e017890-e017890
Hauptverfasser: Kwon, Chang Hee, Kim, Woohyeun, Shin, Jeong-Hun, Lee, Chan Joo, Kim, Hyeon-Chang, Kang, Si-Hyuck, Jung, Mi-Hyang, Kim, Dae-Hee, Lee, Ju-Hee, Kim, Hack Lyoung, Kim, Hyue Mee, Cho, In Jeong, Cho, Iksung, Kang, Dae Ryong, Lee, Hae-Young, Chung, Wook-Jin, Ihm, Sang-Hyun, Kim, Kwang Il, Cho, Eun Joo, Sohn, Il-Suk, Park, Sungha, Shin, Jinho, Ryu, Sung Kee, Kang, Seok-Min, Cho, Myeong-Chan, Kim, Ju Han, Lee, Jun Hyeok, Kim, Jang-Young, Pyun, Wook Bum, Sung, Ki-Chul
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Sprache:eng
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blood pressure
cardiovascular events
hypertension
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Zusammenfassung:Background It is unclear what office blood pressure (BP) is the optimal treatment target range in patients with hypertension. Methods and Results Using the Korean National Health Insurance Service database, we extracted the data on 479 359 patients with hypertension with available BP measurements and no history of cardiovascular events from 2002 to 2011. The study end point was major cardiovascular events (MACE), a composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke. This cohort study evaluated the association of BP levels (
ISSN:2047-9980
2047-9980
DOI:10.1161/JAHA.120.017890