Christopher E Clark, Fiona C Warren, Kate Boddy, Sinéad T J McDonagh, Sarah F Moore, Maria Teresa Alzamora, Rafel Ramos Blanes, Shao-Yuan Chuang, Michael H Criqui, Marie Dahl, Gunnar Engström, Raimund Erbel, Mark Espeland, Luigi Ferrucci, Maëlenn Guerchet, Andrew Hattersley, Carlos Lahoz, Robyn L McClelland, Mary M McDermott, Jackie Price, Henri E Stoffers, Ji-Guang Wang, Jan Westerink, James White, Lyne Cloutier, Rod S Taylor, Angela C Shore, Richard J McManus, Victor Aboyans, John L Campbell
BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend measuring blood pressure (BP) in both arms, adopting the higher arm readings for diagnosis and management. Data to support this recommendation are lacking. We evaluated associations of higher and lower arm systolic BPs with diagnostic and treatment thresholds, and prognosis in hypertension, using data from the Inter-arm Blood Pressure Difference-Individual Participant Data Collaboration. METHODS: One-stage multivariable Cox regression models, stratified by study, were used to examine associations of higher or lower reading arm BPs with cardiovascular mortality, all-cause mortality, and cardiovascular events, in individual participant data meta-analyses pooled from 23 cohorts...
August 2, 2022: Hypertension