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Blood Pressure and Chronic Kidney Disease Stratified by Gender and the Use of Antihypertensive Drugs.
J Am Heart Assoc
August 2020
Division of Public Health, Hygiene and Epidemiology Faculty of Medicine Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Sendai Japan.
Article Synopsis
- The study explored how blood pressure (BP) levels affect the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in men and women, using data from over 154,000 Japanese participants without CKD.
- BP elevation was linked to higher CKD risk, with untreated men showing a greater risk compared to women; however, treated men still faced increased CKD risk even at normal BP levels.
- Findings suggest that regular monitoring of kidney function is crucial, particularly in men on antihypertensive treatment.
Background Home blood pressure is a more accurate prognosticator than office blood pressure and allows the observation of day-to-day blood pressure variability. Information on blood pressure change during the life course links the prediction of blood pressure elevation with age. We prospectively assessed age-related trends in home blood pressure, home pulse rate, and their day-to-day variability evaluated as a coefficient of variation.
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