Genetically Predicted Differences in Systolic Blood Pressure and Risk of Cardiovascular and Noncardiovascular Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study in Chinese Adults.
Genetically Predicted Differences in Systolic Blood Pressure and Risk of Cardiovascular and Noncardiovascular Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study in Chinese Adults.
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10.1161/hypertensionaha.122.20120
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2023-03
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China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group‡
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Clarke R;Wright N;Walters R;Gan W;Guo Y;Millwood IY;Yang L;Chen Y;Lewington S;Lv J;Yu C;Avery D;Lin K;Wang K;Peto R;Collins R;Li L;Bennett DA;Parish S;Chen Z;China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group‡
Mendelian randomization studies of systolic blood pressure (SBP) can assess the shape and strength of the associations of genetically-predicted differences in SBP with major disease outcomes and are less constrained by biases in observational analyses. This study aimed to compare the associations of usual and genetically-predicted SBP with major cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes, overall and by levels of SBP, age and sex. The China Kadoorie Biobank involved a 12-year follow-up of a prospective study of 489,495 adults aged 40-79 years with no prior CVD and 86,060 with genetic data. Outcomes included major vascular events (MVE; 59,490/23,151 in observational/genetic analyses), and its components (ischemic stroke [IS; n=39,513/12,043], intra-cerebral hemorrhage [ICH; 7,336/5,243], major coronary events [MCE; 7,871/4,187]). Genetically-predicted SBP used 460 variants obtained from European ancestry genome-wide studies. Cox regression estimated adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for incident CVD outcomes down to usual SBP levels of 120 mmHg. Both observational and genetic analyses demonstrated log-linear positive associations of SBP with MVE and other major CVD types in the range 120-170 mmHg. Consistent with the observational analyses, the HRs per 10 mmHg higher genetically-predicted SBP were 2-fold greater for ICH (1.71, 95% CI 1.58-1.87) than for IS (1.37, 1.30-1.45) or MCE (1.29, 1.18-1.42). Genetic analyses also demonstrated 2-fold greater HRs for MVE in younger (1.69, 95% CI 1.54-1.86) than in older people (1.28, 1.18-1.38). The findings provide support for initiation of blood pressure-lowering treatment at younger ages and below the conventional cut-offs for hypertension to maximize CVD prevention, albeit the absolute risks of CVD are far greater in older people.