Figure 2. Adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, CVD mortality, and their composite events with each 10‐mm Hg increasing in SBP by stratifying patient characteristics at baseline using multivariable Cox regressions.

HR was adjusted by age; sex; smoking status; body mass index (BMI); low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C); glycated hemoglobin (HbA_1c); estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR); use of angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers (ACEIs/ARBs), β‐blockers, calcium channel blockers (CCBs), diuretics, other antihypertensive drugs, oral antidiabetic drugs, insulin, or lipid‐lowering agents; Charlson index; and age‐specific regression dilatation ratio. The area of the square is inversely proportional to the variance log HR.