Why the study?
Do systolic blood pressure increments have a different impact on cardiovascular outcomes between women and men?
Do systolic blood pressure increments have a different impact on cardiovascular outcomes between women and men?
Increments in systolic blood pressure have a broadly similar impact on the risk of cardiovascular outcomes in both men and women.
Supports uniform SBP targets across sexes; leaves open sex-specific thresholds in prospective trials.
Elevated levels of SBP are a major risk factor for stroke and ischemic heart diseases in both women and men. This study unequivocally demonstrates the broadly similar impact of SBP increments on cardiovascular outcomes in both sexes.
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Peters et al. (2013) studied this question.
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