Table 3.

Hazard ratio of all-cause mortality according to different levels of systolic/diastolic blood pressure at baseline and during follow-up among patients with type 2 diabetes

	Systolic blood pressure/diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
	<110/65	110–119/65–69	120–129/70–79	130–139/80–89	140–159/90–99	≥160/100
Baseline
No. of Patients	1,022	1,790	5,116	7,228	11,478	8,627
No. of deaths	234	302	576	747	1,216	1,124
Person-years	8,333	14,960	43,438	61,739	100,480	76,933
Age, gender and race adjustment HR (95% CI)	2.03 (1.75–2.35)	1.50 (1.32–1.72)	1.09 (0.98–1.22)	1.00	0.96 (0.88–1.05)	1.18 (1.08–1.30)
Multivariable adjustment HR (95% CI)a	1.88 (1.57–2.26)	1.29 (1.09–1.52)	1.05 (0.92–1.20)	1.00	0.93 (0.84–1.04)	1.14 (1.02–1.27)
Multivariable adjustment HR (95% CI)b	1.70 (1.42–2.04)	1.26 (1.07–1.50)	0.99 (0.86–1.12)	1.00	0.92 (0.82–1.03)	1.10 (0.98–1.23)
Follow-up
No. of Patients	113	316	783	986	1,347	654
No. of deaths	185	996	5,455	9,076	11,634	3,716
Person-years	849	2,477	6,464	8,340	12,130	5,965
Age, gender and race adjustment HR (95% CI)	3.20 (2.63–3.89)	2.34 (2.06–2.65)	1.29 (1.18–1.42)	1.00	0.92 (0.85–1.00)	1.37 (1.24–1.51)
Multivariable adjustment HR (95% CI)a	3.35 (2.56–4.39)	1.97 (1.67–2.31)	1.26 (1.12–1.41)	1.00	0.93 (0.85–1.03)	1.18 (1.04–1.35)
Multivariable adjustment HR (95% CI)b	2.62 (2.00–3.44)	1.77 (1.51–2.09)	1.22 (1.09–1.36)	1.00	0.90 (0.82–1.00)	0.98 (0.86–1.12)

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.

^aAdjusted for age, gender, race, type of insurance, income, and smoking.

^bAdjusted for age, gender, race, type of insurance, income, smoking, body mass index, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HbA1c, glomerular filtration rate, use of antihypertensive drugs, glucose-lowering agents, and cholesterol-lowering agents.