Is cumulative SBP a stronger predictor of WMH progression than SBP from individual visits in a biethnic cohort?
Cumulative SBP is a stronger predictor of white-matter disease progression than single-visit SBP measurements, highlighting the importance of long-term blood pressure control.
In this population-based cohort, cumulative SBP was a stronger predictor of WMH progression than SBP from individual visits, in both blacks and whites. Earlier BPs were stronger predictors than BPs measured at later time points in blacks only.
Gottesman et al. (Fri,) studied this question.