Why the study?
Participant-level meta-analyses had assessed the age-specific relevance of office blood pressure to cardiovascular complications, but this information was lacking for out-of-office blood pressure.
Does higher out-of-office blood pressure increase the risk of mortality and cardiovascular events across different age groups?
Does higher out-of-office blood pressure increase the risk of mortality and cardiovascular events across different age groups?
Higher out-of-office blood pressure is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, with relative risk being highest in younger adults and absolute risk highest in older adults.
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Absolute CV risk rises markedly with age despite attenuated relative BP effects; extends meta-analytic confirmation of age-dependent risk gradients.
Li et al. (2019) studied this question.
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