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October 29, 2009Diabetes CareOpen Access

Smoking Amplifies Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Hypertension and Diabetes

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Why the study?

Does current smoking increase mortality and cause-specific cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients with and without diabetes?

Population

3,468 hypertensive patients without major cardiovascular disease at baseline, mean age 61, 45% male, from…

Comparison

Current smoking vs Non-smoking

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

median 6.57 years (range 0.08–13.1)

Authors

RFRobert FagardPreventive Cardiology

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Implication

Smoking associated with higher mortality and CHD events in hypertensives; supports cessation counseling but leaves causality and diabetes interaction open.

Structured PICO

Does current smoking increase mortality and cause-specific cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients with and without diabetes?

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Population
3,468 hypertensive patients without major cardiovascular disease at baseline, mean age 61, 45% male, from four prospective studies in Europe.
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Intervention
Current smoking
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Comparator
Non-smoking
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Outcome
Mortality and cause-specific cardiovascular eventshard clinical

Cite This Study

Robert Fagard (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fe20ef636be799ce553963https://doi.org/10.2337/dc09-s354

Topics

Hypertension management
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