Key result
Hypertensive crisis hospitalizations rise ~8% annually in men, outpacing the increase in women.
Why the study?
The extent to which recent improvements in hypertension control apply to hypertensive crises requiring hospitalization in both women and men remains unknown.
Population
Estimated 918,392 hypertensive crisis hospitalizations in the United States from 2002 to 2014
Comparison
Men versus women
Design
Observational study using National Inpatient Sample data
Follow-up
2002 to 2014
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May signal outpatient hypertension control gaps; leaves open drivers of rising admissions in observational data.
Observational (n=918,392)
Yes
Odds Ratio: 1.083 (95% CI 1.08–1.09)
p-value: p=<0.001
Despite improvements in overall hypertension control, hospitalizations for hypertensive crisis have steadily increased in the US from 2002 to 2014, though in-hospital mortality has declined.
A 2022 study conducted an observational in Hypertensive crisis (n=918,392). Time (annual trend) was evaluated on Hospitalization primarily for hypertensive crisis (annual trend for men) (OR 1.083, 95% CI 1.08-1.09, p=<0.001). The annual odds of hospitalization for hypertensive crisis increased from 2002 to 2014 for both men (OR 1.083) and women (OR 1.07), with a higher rate of increase observed in men (P<0.001).
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