Cohort Study Examining the Association of Optimal Blood Pressure Control at Entry With Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Growth
Thomas Manapurathe, Diana, Moxon, Joseph Vaughan, Krishna, Smriti Murali, Quigley, Frank, Bourke, Michael, Bourke, Bernard, Jones, Rhondda E., and Golledge, Jonathan (2022) Cohort Study Examining the Association of Optimal Blood Pressure Control at Entry With Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Growth. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9. 868889.
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Abstract
Background and Aim: The benefit of controlling cardiovascular risk factors in slowing the progression of small abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is controversial. This study investigated the association of optimal blood pressure control at entry with the growth of small AAA.
Methods and Results: A total of 1,293 patients with initial AAA diameter <50 mm were followed by a median 5 (inter-quartile range, IQR, 3–7) ultrasound scans for a median of 3.6 years (IQR 1.8, 5.3). Optimal blood pressure control was defined as blood pressure ≤140/90 mmHg at recruitment. The association of optimal blood pressure control at entry with AAA growth was assessed using linear mixed effects models adjusted for established risk factors of AAA growth and factors which were unequally distributed among the blood pressure groups. Optimal blood pressure control at entry was not significantly associated with AAA growth. In the risk factor adjusted model the mean difference in AAA growth between blood pressure groups was 0.04 mm/year (95% CI −0.20, 0.13; p = 0.65). The results were similar in sensitivity analyses excluding outliers or focused on systolic or diastolic blood pressure alone.
Conclusions: This observational study suggests that optimal blood pressure control at entry is not associated with slower AAA growth.
| Item ID: | 74361 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2297-055X |
| Keywords: | abdominal aortic aneurysm, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, hypertension, AAA growth |
| Copyright Information: | Copyright © 2022 Thomas Manapurathe, Moxon, Krishna, Quigley, Bourke, Bourke, Jones and Golledge. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
| Funders: | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
| Projects and Grants: | NHMRC 1063476, NHMRC 1180736 |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jun 2022 07:56 |
| FoR Codes: | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology > 320101 Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases) @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200105 Treatment of human diseases and conditions @ 100% |
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