Artery Research

Volume 16, Issue C, December 2016, Pages 49 - 49

2.1 THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF CENTRAL AND BRACHIAL BLOOD PRESSURE IN PREDICTING CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS: AN INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT META-ANALYSIS OF PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL DATA FROM 22,433 SUBJECTS

Authors
Carmel McEniery1, Yoav Ben-Shlomo2, Margaret May2, Melissa Spears2, Lyndia Brumback3, James Cameron4, Chen-Huan Chen5, Julio Chirinos6, Danuta Czarnecka7, Anthony Dart4, Richard Devereux8, Neeraj Dhaun9, Daniel Duprez10, Shih-Jen Hwang11, David Jacobs10, Piotr Jankowski7, Julie Janner12, Peter Lacy13, Gary Mitchell14, Riccardo Pini15
1University of Cambridge, UK
2University of Bristol, UK
3University of Washington, USA
4Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
5National Yan-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
6University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
7Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
8Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA
9University of Edinburgh, UK
10University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
11NHLBI, Framingham, USA
12Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
13University College London, UK
14Cardiovascular Engineering Inc., Norwood, USA
15University of Florence, Italy
Available Online 24 November 2016.
DOI
10.1016/j.artres.2016.10.005How to use a DOI?
Abstract

Systolic blood pressure (SBP) differs between the brachial artery and aorta. Prospective data suggest that central pressure predicts future cardiovascular events, but it is unclear if it is superior to brachial pressure.

Methods and Results: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis from 15 studies was undertaken. Study-specific associations of central and brachial pressure with cardiovascular outcomes, with and without mutual adjustment, were determined using Cox proportional hazard models, and random effect models to estimate pooled estimates. Of 22,433 participants, 908 had a myocardial infarction (MI) and 641 a stroke. The pooled age, sex, height and heart rate adjusted hazard ratio (HR) [95% CI] per SD increase in brachial SBP was 1.17 [1.03, 1.32] for MI and 1.28 [1.13, 1.46] for stroke and 1.16 [1.02, 1.33] and 1.33 [1.15, 1.53] for central SBP, respectively. Mutual adjustment attenuated the HRs for MI: brachial SBP (1.16 [0.90, 1.48]), central SBP (1.09 [0.87, 1.38]) and stroke: brachial SBP (1.18 [0.97, 1.42]), central SBP (1.19 [0.99, 1.44]). However, associations between central SBP and stroke, after adjustment for brachial SBP, were higher in those aged <61 years than in older individuals (1.83 versus 1.08 p-interaction <0.001).

Conclusion: Brachial and central SBP have similar associations with future CV events. Larger studies are required to test whether central SBP may be a more powerful predictor of stroke risk in younger individuals.

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Journal
Artery Research
Volume-Issue
16 - C
Pages
49 - 49
Publication Date
2016/11/24
ISSN (Online)
1876-4401
ISSN (Print)
1872-9312
DOI
10.1016/j.artres.2016.10.005How to use a DOI?
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license.

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