Table 2 Incidence rate of MACE and its comparisons in each BP classification.

From: Age and sex specific target of blood pressure for the prevention of cardiovascular event among the treatment naive hypertensive patients

Group

Number of subjects (N = 327,328)

Incidence rate

Cox proportional model

Time-varying cox model

Events per 1000 person-years

95% CI

Hazard ratioa

95% CI

Hazard ratioa

95% CI

Normal BP

99,290 (30.3)

1.67

1.59–1.76

Reference

Reference

Elevate BP

30,745 (9.4)

2.10

1.92–2.29

1.08

0.97–1.19

1.07

0.97–1.18

Stage 1 HTN

111,240 (34.0)

2.45

2.35–2.56

1.24

1.16–1.33

1.23

1.15–1.32

Stage 2 HTN

86,053 (26.3)

3.66

3.50–3.83

1.60

1.48–1.72

1.66

1.54–1.79

  1. MACE major adverse cardiovascular events, HTN hypertension, BP blood pressure, CI confidence interval, BMI body mass index, CCI Charlson comorbidity index.
  2. aThe model was used with adjusting age, sex, BMI, total cholesterol, fasting glucose, smoking status, drinking habit, CCI, and calendar year.
Back to article page