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Clinical Summary

Impact of BP variability on mortality and cardiovascular events in T2DM patients

Takeaway

  • In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), long-term systolic blood pressure (SBP) variability is associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), extended MACEs and microvascular complications (MiCs) independent of mean BP values.

Why this matters

  • Current guidelines consider only the absolute value of BP as a tool to classify the patient’s cardiovascular (CV) risk.
  • Findings suggest that BP variability may help in correct stratification of CV disease risk in patients with T2DM.

Study design

  • 26 studies involving 377,305 participants met eligibility criteria after a search across electronic databases.
  • Primary outcomes: all-cause mortality, MACEs (CV death, non-fatal myocardial infarction [MI] and non-fatal stroke), extended MACEs (CV death, non-fatal MI, fatal and non-fatal stroke and peripheral arterial disease) and MiC.
  • Funding: None disclosed.

Key results

  • After adjustment for confounders, the pooled HR for 1-SD increase in long-term SBP variability for Bayesian analysis, Hartung and Knapp correction and Paule-Mandel estimator, respectively, was:
    • all-cause mortality:
      • 1.12 (95% CI, 0.98-1.29),
      • 1.12 (95% CI, 1.01-1.24) and
      • 1.12 (95% CI, 1.04-1.21).
    • MACEs:
      • 1.10 (95% CI, 1.02-1.21),
      • 1.10 (95% CI, 1.01-1.19) and
      • 1.10 (95% CI, 1.04-1.17).
    • extended MACEs:
      • 1.08 (95% CI, 1.02-1.14),
      • 1.07 (95% CI, 1.03-1.12) and
      • 1.07 (95% CI, 1.03-1.11).
    • MiC:
      • 1.09 (95% CI, 1.01-1.23),
      • 1.12 (95% CI, 0.99-1.27) and
      • 1.12 (95% CI, 1.01-1.24).
  • No significant association was observed between diastolic BP variability and risk for all-cause mortality, MACEs, extended MACEs and MiC.

Limitations

  • Heterogeneity among studies.
  • No standard way to measure BP variability.

References


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