TOPLINE:
Among adults aged 80 years or older on antihypertensive medications, intensive systolic blood pressure (SBP) control (below 130 mm Hg) was associated with a significantly lower risk for cardiovascular mortality than SBP of 130-160 mm Hg.
METHODOLOGY:
- Current guidelines advocate for more intensive BP control but remain inconsistent and lack strong evidence for adults aged 80 years or older.
- Researchers obtained data of 1593 adults (949 women) aged 80 years or older on antihypertensive medications from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-2014) to evaluate the association between SBP and cardiovascular mortality.
- SBP was measured by following the standardized protocols, and the average value of the second and third measurements was used. SBP was…