Associations of blood pressure levels with clinical events in older patients receiving home medical care

Some studies reported that excessive blood pressure (BP) control was not appropriate for older people, especially from the viewpoint of quality of life and maintaining sufficient blood flow for tissue perfusion. However, the lower limit of the target BP is still unclear, and there has not yet been a...

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Published in:Hypertension research 2021-02, Vol.44 (2), p.197-205
Main Authors: Koujiya, Eriko, Kabayama, Mai, Yamamoto, Mariko, Akiyama, Masako, Higami, Yoko, Kodama, Kana, Mukai, Sakino, Yano, Tomoko, Nako, Yumiko, Nakamura, Toshinori, Hirotani, Atsushi, Fukuda, Toshio, Tamatani, Michio, Okuda, Yoshinari, Ikushima, Masashi, Baba, Yoshichika, Nagano, Masahiro, Rakugi, Hiromi, Kamide, Kei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood Pressure
Disability
Frailty
Home Care Services
Home health care
Hospitalization
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - epidemiology
Medical records
Mortality
Older people
Prospective Studies
Quality of Life
Visiting nurses
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Summary:Some studies reported that excessive blood pressure (BP) control was not appropriate for older people, especially from the viewpoint of quality of life and maintaining sufficient blood flow for tissue perfusion. However, the lower limit of the target BP is still unclear, and there has not yet been a sufficient consensus. Therefore, we investigated the associations of BP levels with clinical events in older patients ~85 years old receiving home medical care. A total of 144 patients were included, who were followed for longer than 3 months in the Osaka Home Care Registry study, a prospective cohort study targeting older patients receiving home medical care in Japan. BP levels were divided into lower and higher groups based on the average systolic blood pressure (SBP). The main outcomes were clinical events, including hospitalizations, falls, and deaths during follow-up. As a result, the hospitalization rate in the SBP below 124 mmHg group was significantly higher than that in the SBP over 124 mmHg group. When comparing the clinical events between the two groups only in participants with hypertension, the same results were obtained. Furthermore, in Cox proportional hazards regression models adjusted by age, sex, and current diseases, the SBP below 124 mmHg group showed a significantly higher rate of required hospitalization (hazard ratio: 7.25, 95% confidence interval: 1.79-29.45). Thus, in older and very frail patients requiring home medical care, an SBP level below 124 mmHg could be a predictive marker of clinical events leading to hospitalization.
ISSN:0916-9636
1348-4214
DOI:10.1038/s41440-020-00538-5