Key result
Participants in the highest cumulative cardiovascular health score category had a significantly reduced risk of incident hypertension compared with those in the lowest category (OR 0.60).
Why the study?
Does a higher cumulative cardiovascular health score reduce incident hypertension in adults without baseline hypertension?
Cohort (n=15,014)
Yes
Does a higher cumulative cardiovascular health score reduce incident hypertension in adults without baseline hypertension?
Odds Ratio: 0.6 (95% CI 0.5–0.71)
Absolute Event Rate: 11.52% vs 16.76%
p-value: p=<0.001
Maintaining a higher cumulative cardiovascular health score over time is associated with a significantly lower risk of developing hypertension.
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May inform hypertension risk stratification; leaves open whether modifying scores prevents incidence in trials.
Zhao et al. (2016) conducted a cohort in Incident hypertension (n=15,014). Cumulative cardiovascular health (cumCVH) score vs. Lowest cumCVH category (<44 points) was evaluated on Incident hypertension (OR 0.60, 95% CI 0.50-0.71, p=<0.001). Participants in the highest cumulative cardiovascular health score category had a significantly reduced risk of incident hypertension compared with those in the lowest category (OR 0.60).
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