Reduçäo da pressäo arterial diastólica e mortalidade cardiovascular em hipertensos näo diabéticos. Uma reanálise do Hot-Study / Reduction in diastolic blood pressure and cardiovascular mortality in nondiabetic hypertensive patients. A reanalysis of the HOT study
Arq. bras. cardiol
; Arq. bras. cardiol;77(2): 132-137, Aug. 2001. tab
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To use published Hypertension Optimal Treatment (HOT) Study data to evaluate changes in cardiovascular mortality in nondiabetic hypertensive patients according to the degree of reduction in their diastolic blood pressure.METHODS:
In the HOT Study, 18,700 patients from various centers were allocated at random to groups having different objectives of for diastolic blood pressure <=90 (n=6264); <=85 (n=6264); <=80mmHg (n=6262). Felodipine was the basic drug used. Other antihypertensive drugs were administered in a sequential manner, aiming at the objectives of diastolic blood pressure reduction.RESULTS:
The group of nondiabetic hypertensive subjects with diastolic pressure<=80mmHg had a cardiovascular mortality ratio of 4.1/1000 patients/year, 35.5 percent higher than the group with diastolic pressure <=90mmHg (cardiovascular mortality ratio, 3.1/1000 patients/year). In contrast, diabetic patients allocated to the diastolic pressure objective group of <=80mmHg had a 66.7 percent reduction in cardiovascular mortality (3.7/1000 patients/year) when compared with the diastolic pressure group of <=90mmHg (cardiovascular mortality ratio, 11.1/1000 patients/year).CONCLUSION:
The results indicate that in hypertensive diabetic patients reduction in diastolic blood pressure to levels <=80mmHg decreases the risk of fatal cardiovascular events. It remains necessary to define the level of diastolic blood pressure <=90mmHg at which maximal reduction in cardiovascular mortality is obtained for nondiabetics
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Blood Pressure
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Cardiovascular Diseases
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Hypertension
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged80
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Humans
Language:
En
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Pt
Journal:
Arq Bras Cardiol
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Arq. bras. cardiol
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Arq. bras. cardiol. (Online)
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Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (Impresso)
Journal subject:
CARDIOLOGIA
Year:
2001
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Country of publication:
Brazil