Figure 4. Association of Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) With Nonvascular Mortality Between Ages 35 and 74 Years by History of Previously Diagnosed Diabetes.

Analyses excluded participants with prior chronic diseases (ie, ischemic heart disease, stroke, chronic kidney disease, cirrhosis, cancer, or emphysema) apart from diabetes. For each cause of death, the mortality rate ratio (RR) estimates in those with and without previously diagnosed diabetes are stratified by age-at-risk (in 5-year ranges) and adjusted for sex, district of residence, highest education level attained, smoking status, alcohol intake, leisure-time physical activity, and measures of anthropometry. The overall RR estimates are then also adjusted for diabetes. Trends described in the heading of the point estimate line indicate lower and higher mortality associated with lower SBP. In addition to the nonvascular deaths shown, there were an additional 359 deaths between ages 35 and 74 from an acute diabetic crisis and 662 deaths from other known or unknown causes. The association between SBP and mortality from these other causes is shown in eFigure 7 and eFigure 8 in the Supplement.