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. 2012 Aug 30;345:e5567. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5567

Table 2.

 Risk of all cause mortality in patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, by level of systolic and diastolic blood pressure

Patients with cardiovascular disease Patients without cardiovascular disease Total
Hazard ratio (95% CI) P Hazard ratio (95% CI) P Hazard ratio (95% CI) P
Systolic blood pressure control (mm Hg)
Model 1 (unadjusted)*
 Tight control 3 <110 2.06 (1.67 to 2.55) <0.001 2.17 (1.94 to 2.42) <0.001 2.23 (2.02 to 2.45) <0.001
 Tight control 2 110-119 1.57 (1.34 to 1.84) <0.001 1.36 (1.26 to 1.47) <0.001 1.41 (1.31 to 1.51) <0.001
 Tight control 1 120-129 1.13 (0.99 to 1.28) 0.07 1.12 (1.05 to 1.19) <0.001 1.12 (1.06 to 1.19) <0.001
 Usual control 130-139 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Uncontrolled 1 140-149 1.03 (0.92 to 1.14) 0.61 1.06 (1.01 to 1.11) 0.02 1.05 (1.01 to 1.09) 0.01
 Uncontrolled 2 150-159 1.08 (0.96 to 1.22) 0.21 1.14 (1.08 to 1.20) <0.001 1.13 (1.07 to 1.18) <0.001
 Uncontrolled 3 ≥160 1.22 (1.09 to 1.36) <0.001 1.45 (1.38 to 1.53) <0.001 1.42 (1.35 to 1.48) <0.001
Model 2 (adjusted)†
 Tight control 3 <110 2.79 (1.74 to 4.48) <0.001 2.42 (1.66 to 3.52) <0.001 2.56 (1.89 to 3.47) <0.001
 Tight control 2 110-119 1.08 (0.71 to 1.62) 0.92 1.58 (1.27 to 1.96) <0.001 1.47 (1.22 to 1.76) <0.001
 Tight control 1 120-129 1.14 (0.85 to 1.54) 0.38 1.06 (0.90 to 1.26) 0.47 1.08 (0.93 to 1.25) 0.33
 Usual control 130-139 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Uncontrolled 1 140-149 0.78 (0.61 to 1.01) 0.06 0.91 (0.80 to 1.04) 0.21 0.89 (0.79 to 1.00) 0.05
 Uncontrolled 2 150-159 0.81 (0.58 to 1.11) 0.17 1.07 (0.91 to 1.25) 0.42 1.01 (0.88 to 1.15) 0.89
 Uncontrolled 3 ≥160 0.79 (0.57 to 1.09) 0.15 1.16 (0.99 to 1.36) 0.06 1.09 (0.95 to 1.25) 0.23
Diastolic blood pressure control (mm Hg)
Model 1 (unadjusted)*
 Tight control 3 <70 1.54 (1.39 to 1.69) <0.001 1.80 (1.69 to 1.91) <0.001 1.81 (1.71 to 1.91) <0.001
 Tight control 2 70-74 1.18 (1.06 to 1.32) 0.003 1.23 (1.18 to 1.29) <0.001 1.24 (1.19 to 1.30) <0.001
 Tight control 1 75-79 0.77 (0.68 to 0.86) <0.001 0.87 (0.82 to 0.92) <0.001 0.87 (0.83 to 0.91) <0.001
 Usual control 80-84 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Uncontrolled 1 85-89 0.87 (0.78 to 0.97) 0.02 0.73 (0.69 to 0.77) <0.001 0.75 (0.72 to 0.78) <0.001
 Uncontrolled 2 90-94 0.99 (0.88 to 1.12) 0.93 0.92 (0.88 to 0.96) <0.001 0.92 (0.88 to 0.96) <0.001
 Uncontrolled 3 ≥95 1.04 (0.91 to 1.19) 0.58 0.96 (0.90 to 1.02) 0.81 0.95 (0.90 to 1.01) 0.11
Model 2 (adjusted)†
 Tight control 3 <70 1.89 (1.40 to 2.56) <0.001 1.54 (1.33 to 1.77) <0.001 1.59 (1.41 to 1.80) <0.001
 Tight control 2 70-74 1.32 (1.02 to 1.78) 0.04 1.17 (1.02 to 1.34) 0.02 1.21 (1.07 to 1.37) 0.002
 Tight control 1 75-79 0.98 (0.73 to 1.34) 0.92 0.87 (0.76 to 0.99) 0.04 0.89 (0.79 to 1.00) 0.06
 Usual control 80-84 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Uncontrolled 1 85-89 1.31 (0.96 to 1.79) 0.09 0.93 (0.81 to 1.07) 0.49 1.01 (0.88 to 1.14) 0.92
 Uncontrolled 2 90-94 1.22 (0.82 to 1.83) 0.31 0.90 (0.76 to 1.07) 0.32 0.96 (0.82 to 1.13) 0.65
 Uncontrolled 3 ≥95 0.93 (0.53 to 1.64) 0.81 1.15 (0.95 to 1.39) 0.09 1.18 (0.98 to 1.43) 0.07

*Odds ratios were from logistic regression models; proportional hazards assumption was violated.

†Adjusted for age at diagnosis, sex, practice level clustering, socioeconomic deprivation score, body mass index, smoking, baseline HbA1c, baseline cholesterol levels, and difference between achieved and baseline blood pressure.