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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2020 Nov 2;76(6):1945–1952. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16209

Table 3:

Association between office blood pressure variability (OBPV) and cardiovascular disease events among ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly trial participants stratified by blood pressure control status during the OBPV estimation period (N=16,475).

BP controlled (<140/90 mmHg) BP not controlled (BP>140/90 mmHg)
OBPV
(continuous)
OBPV Tertiles OBPV
(continuous)
OBPV Tertiles
T1 T2 T3 T1 T2 T3
N 9328 3146 3089 3093 7147 2413 2356 2379
Observed CVD events, N (%) 222 (2.38) 61 (1.94) 75 (2.43) 86 (2.78) 275 (3.85) 68 (2.82) 86 (3.65) 121 (5.09)
Hazard Ratio
(95% CI)
P-value
Referent Hazard Ratio
(95% CI)
P-value
Hazard Ratio
(95% CI)
P-value
Hazard Ratio
(95% CI)
P-value
Referent Hazard Ratio
(95% CI)
P-value
Hazard Ratio
(95% CI)
P-value
*Model 1 1.04
(1.02-1.06)
P<0.001
1.00 1.24
(0.88-1.74) P=0.22
1.38
(1.00-1.92) P=0.053
1.03
(1.01-1.05) P<0.001
1.00 1.27
(0.93-1.75) P=0.14
1.80
(1.34-2.43) P<0.001
Ɨ Model 2 1.03
(1.00-1.06) P=0.016
1.00 1.17
(0.84-1.65)
P=0.35
1.20
(0.86-1.67) P=0.28
1.03
(1.01-1.04) P=0.004
1.00 1.28
(0.93-1.76) P=0.13
1.66
(1.23-2.25) P=0.001
ǂModel 3 1.02
(1.00-1.05) P=0.035
1.00 1.15
(0.82-1.62) P=0.41
1.15
(0.82-1.60) P=0.42
1.03
(1.01-1.04) P=0.005
1.00 1.28
(0.93-1.76) P=0.14
1.65
(1.22-2.24) P=0.001
§ Model 4 1.02
(1.00-1.04) P=0.048
1.00 1.15
(0.82-1.61) P=0.43
1.13
(0.81-1.58) P=0.48
1.02
(1.01-1.04) P=0.01
1.00 1.27
(0.92-1.75) P=0.14
1.62
(1.20-2.20) P=0.002

BP = blood pressure; OBPV = office blood pressure variability; T = tertile; CVD = cardiovascular disease; CI = confidence interval

*

Unadjusted

Ɨ

Adjusted for age, sex, diabetes, smoking, country, aspirin, ethnicity, body mass index, statin use at baseline

ǂ

Model 2 plus adjusted for within-individual mean systolic blood pressure from baseline to second annual visit

§

Model 3 plus adjusted for use of antihypertensive drugs at baseline