Elevated blood pressure and risk of mitral regurgitation: A longitudinal cohort study of 5.5 million United Kingdom adults.
Elevated blood pressure and risk of mitral regurgitation: A longitudinal cohort study of 5.5 million United Kingdom adults.
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血压升高与二尖瓣反流风险:一项针对550万英国成年人的纵向队列研究
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pmed.1002404
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发表时间:
2017-10
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影响因子:
15.8
通讯作者:
MacMahon S
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作者:
Rahimi K;Mohseni H;Otto CM;Conrad N;Tran J;Nazarzadeh M;Woodward M;Dwyer T;MacMahon S
Mitral regurgitation in people without prior cardiac disease is considered a degenerative disease with no established risk factors for its prevention. We aimed to test the hypothesis that elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) across its usual spectrum is associated with higher risk of mitral regurgitation. We used linked electronic health records from the United Kingdom Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) from 1 January 1990 to 31 December 2015. CPRD covers approximately 7% of the current UK population and is broadly representative of the population by age, sex, and ethnicity. About 5.5 million UK patients with no known cardiovascular or valve disease at baseline were included in this cohort study. We investigated the relationship between blood pressure (BP) and risk of mitral regurgitation using Cox regression models. Our primary exposure variable was SBP and our primary outcome was incident reports of mitral regurgitation, which were identified from hospital discharge reports or primary care records. Of the 5,553,984 patients in the CPRD that met our inclusion criteria, during the 10-year follow-up period, 28,655 (0.52%) were diagnosed with mitral regurgitation and a further 1,262 (0.02%) were diagnosed with mitral stenosis. SBP was continuously related to the risk of mitral regurgitation with no evidence of a nadir down to 115 mmHg (p < 0.001). Each 20 mmHg increment in SBP was associated with a 26% higher risk of mitral regurgitation (hazard ratio [HR] 1.26; CI 1.23, 1.29). The observed association was partially mediated by diseases affecting the left ventricle during follow-up (myocardial infarction [MI], ischaemic heart disease [IHD], cardiomyopathy, and heart failure). However, the percentage of excess risk mediated (PERM) by these proximate causes of secondary mitral regurgitation was only 13% (CI 6.1%, 20%), and accounting for them had little effect on the long-term association between SBP and mitral regurgitation (mediator-adjusted HR 1.22; CI 1.20, 1.25; p < 0.001). Associations were similar for each 10 mmHg increment in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (p < 0.001) or each 15 mmHg increment in pulse pressure (PP) (p < 0.001). By contrast, there was no association between SBP and risk of mitral stenosis (HR per 20 mmHg higher SBP 1.03; CI 0.93, 1.14; p = 0.58). These analyses are based on routinely collected data from health records which may be sensitive to measurement errors, and the observed associations may not be generalizable to less severe and subclinical cases of mitral regurgitation. Long-term exposure to elevated BP across its whole spectrum is associated with an increased risk of primary and secondary mitral regurgitation. These findings suggest that BP control may be of importance in the prevention of mitral regurgitation. Using data from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink, Kazem Rahimi and colleagues examine whether elevated blood pressure is associated with greater risk of mitral regurgitation. Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a major risk factor for a range of cardiovascular conditions. Mitral regurgitation in people without prior cardiac disease is considered a degenerative disease with no established risk factors for its prevention. Whether elevated BP is also a risk factor for mitral regurgitation is unknown. About 5.5 million UK patients with no known cardiovascular or valve disease at baseline were included in this cohort study and were followed up for about 10 years. This study shows a clear log-linear association between elevated BP and risk of mitral regurgitation (but not mitral stenosis) with no apparent threshold below or above which the relationship ceased to exist. The association was only partially mediated by conditions that are established causes of secondary mitral regurgitation, suggesting that elevated BP has a direct and independent effect on valve degeneration. The findings from this study suggest that mitral regurgitation is not an inevitable consequence of ageing and that its risk might be modifiable with established interventions. Future studies should establish the causality of the observed associations and test whether BP lowering might reduce the risk of mitral regurgitation.
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DOI:
10.1136/bmj.h4865
发表时间:
2015-09-29
期刊:
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
影响因子:
--
作者:
Emdin CA;Anderson SG;Callender T;Conrad N;Salimi-Khorshidi G;Mohseni H;Woodward M;Rahimi K
通讯作者:
Rahimi K
影响因子:
5.7
作者:
Coffey, Sean;Cairns, Benjamin J.;Iung, Bernard
通讯作者:
Iung, Bernard
影响因子:
168.9
作者:
Nishimura, Rick A.;Vahanian, Alec;Mack, Michael J.
通讯作者:
Mack, Michael J.
影响因子:
20.1
作者:
Rahimi, Kazem;Emdin, Connor A.;MacMahon, Stephen
通讯作者:
MacMahon, Stephen
影响因子:
2.8
作者:
Singh, JP;Evans, JC;Benjamin, EJ
通讯作者:
Benjamin, EJ