Does a higher time in therapeutic range for blood pressure control reduce all-cause mortality in patients with hypertension?
Consistency of blood pressure control over time (time in therapeutic range) is a strong determinant of all-cause mortality in hypertensive patients and should be monitored in clinical practice.
An inverse and gradual association between time in therapeutic range and all-cause mortality was observed in this large veteran cohort. Consistency of BP control over time is a strong determinant of all-cause mortality, and consistency of BP control should be monitored in everyday clinical practice.
Doumas et al. (Wed,) studied this question.