Table 3 Standardized association between intensive therapy and primary outcome, nonrenal CVD, and MACE stratified by baseline BP levels

From: Efficacy of intensive lipid-lowering therapy with statins stratified by blood pressure levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and retinopathy: Insight from the EMPATHY study

 

Baseline BP subgroup

No. of events

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

 

Total

Intensive therapy

Standard therapy

HR

95% CI

P value

P for interaction

HR

95% CI

P value

P for interaction

HR

95% CI

P value

P for interaction

Primary outcome

BP ≥ 130/80 mmHg

218/3335

91/1638

127/1697

0.73

0.56–0.96

0.022

0.026

0.69

0.52–0.91

0.009

0.026

0.70

0.52–0.93

0.015

0.027

BP < 130/80 mmHg

63/1645

37/845

26/800

1.39

0.84–2.30

0.19

1.34

0.80–2.25

0.26

1.56

0.91–2.65

0.10

Nonrenal CVD

BP ≥ 130/80 mmHg

143/3335

56/1638

87/1697

0.66

0.47–0.92

0.014

0.078

0.64

0.45–0.91

0.013

0.069

0.67

0.47–0.95

0.025

0.070

BP < 130/80 mmHg

45/1645

25/845

20/800

1.21

0.67–2.17

0.53

1.22

0.66–2.23

0.53

1.28

0.68–2.39

0.45

MACE

BP ≥ 130/80 mmHg

102/3335

39/1638

63/1697

0.63

0.43–0.95

0.026

0.014

0.65

0.43–0.99

0.046

0.021

0.67

0.44–1.02

0.064

0.017

BP < 130/80 mmHg

36/1645

23/845

13/800

1.70

0.86–3.36

0.12

1.73

0.85–3.51

0.13

1.83

0.87–3.83

0.11

  1. Model 1 was adjusted for sex and age. Model 2 was adjusted for sex, age, body mass index, smoking, hypertension, heart rate, duration of diabetes, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, hemoglobin A1c, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and estimated glomerular filtration rate. Model 3 was adjusted for all confounders in model 2, prescribed antihypertensive drugs, antiplatelet drugs, standard statins, and strong statins
  2. CVD cardiovascular diseases, MACE major adverse cardiovascular events, BP blood pressure, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval