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Table 2 Baseline and achieved blood pressure levels and associated cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause mortality

From: Achieved systolic blood pressure in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study name (year)

Baseline BP (SD, mmHg)

Final SBP (SD, mmHg)

Final DBP (SD, mmHg)

Outcome (HR or RR and CI 95%)

SBP

DBP

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Control

Stroke

AMI

HF

CV mortality

All-cause mortality

140 to < 150 mmHg

 HOT [14] (2000)

175 (15)

105.3 (3.9)

143 (15)

147 (16)

83 (8)

80 (7)

0.85 (nd)b

0.72 (nd)b

nd

1.05 (nd)b

0.98 (nd)b

130 to < 140 versus ≥ 140 mmHg

 EWPHE [30] (1989)

182 (nd)

101 (nd)

134 (nd)

152 (nd)

84 (nd)

88 (nd)

nd

nd

nd

2.49 (1.34–4.57)

2.00 (1.28–3.09)

 JATOS [10] (2008)

171.5 (9.7)

89.1 (9.5)

135.9 (11.7)

145.6 (11.1)

74.8 (9.1)

78.1 (8.9)

1.08 (0.74–1.56)

0.99 (0.33–2.80)

1.16 (0.41–3.12)

1.28 (0.48–3.38)

1.26 (0.85–1.85)

 VALISH [11] (2010)

165.5 (7.9)

81.4 (6.7)

136.6 (13.3)

142 (12.5)

74.8 (8.8)

76.5 (8.9)

0.68 (0.36–1.29)

1.23 (0.33–4.56)

nd

0.97 (0.42–2.25)

0.78 (0.46–1.33)

 ADVANCE [28] (2010) 65–74 yo

146 (22)

80 (11)

135 (10.6)

140.5 (15.7)

77.8 (10.6)

74 (5.1)

nd

nd

nd

0.86 (0.67–1.10)

0.84 (0.70–1.00)

 ADVANCE [28] (2010) ≥ 75 yo

151 (22)

78 (11)

137 (11)

143.9 (18.2)

75.7 (8.8)

72(6.8)

nd

nd

nd

0.65 (0.44–0.98)

0.90 (0.68–1.19)

 FEVER [21] (2011)

154.3 (12)a

92.5 (9.6)

139.7 (nd)

145.5 (nd)

81.2 (nd)

83.6 (nd)

0.56 (0.41–0.74)

nd

nd

0.51 (0.33–0.81)

0.64 (0.45–0.91)

 Wei et al. [24] (2013)

159.54 (16.4)

84.2 (9.5)

135.7 (9)

149.7 (11)

76.2 (6.1)

82.1 (7.5)

0.57 (0.34–0.94)

1.00 (0.42–2.33)

0.37 (0.15–0.91)

0.49 (0.31–0.77)

0.58 (0.43–0.78)

 INVEST [27] (2014)

165.4 (13.8)

90.2 (11.1)

135.8 (nd)

145 (nd)

nd

nd

0.52 (0.35–0.79)

0.83 (0.62–1.11)

0.93 (0.63–1.36)b

0.74 (0.56–0.99)

0.97 (0.80–1.16)

< 130 versus ≥ 130 mmHg

 LIFE [22] (2012)

176.3 (13.2) a

98 (9) a

120 (nd)

151 (nd)

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

1.28 (1.0–1.64)

 SPS3 [12] (2015)

144.4 (20)

nd

125.2 (15.8)

137.1 (14.6)

nd

nd

1.01 (0.59–1.73)b

0.77 (0.23–2.52)b

nd

0.39 (0.16–0.92)

0.83 (0.53–1.29)b

 SPRINT [13] (2016)

141.6 (15.7)

71.2 (11.0)

123.4 (8.3)

134.8 (8.3)

62.0 (5.5)

67.2 (6.4)

0.72 (0.43–1.21)

0.69 (0.45–1.05)

0.62 (0.40–0.95)

0.60 (0.33–1.09)

0.67 (0.49–0.91)

  1. BP Blood pressure, SD Standard deviation, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, HR Hazard ratio, RR Relative risk; CI 95% Confidence interval 95%, AMI Acute myocardial infarction, HF Heart failure, CV Mortality, cardiovascular mortality; nd, not described. aoutcome from a subanalysis or post-hoc analyses that was not adjusted. b data retrieved from the whole population