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Relationship between therapeutic changes in blood pressure and outcomes in acute stroke: a metaregression

Geeganage, Chamila; Bath, Philip M.W.

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Chamila Geeganage

Philip M.W. Bath



Abstract

Both low and high blood pressure (BP) during the acute phase of stroke are associated independently with a poor outcome. Several small clinical trials have involved the alteration of BP and this study assessed the relationship between change in BP and functional outcome. Randomised controlled trials of interventions that would be expected, on pharmacological grounds, to alter BP in patients within one week of the onset of acute ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke were sought using electronic searches. Data were collected on BP and clinical outcome. The relationship between the difference in on-treatment BP and odds ratios (OR) for outcomes was assessed using meta-regression.
Thirty-seven trials involving 9,008 patients were included. A ‘U’ or ‘J’ shaped relationship were found between on-treatment BP difference and early death, death at the end of 90 day follow up, and combined death or dependency at the end of follow up. Although outcomes were not significantly reduced at any level of change in BP, the lowest odds occurred at: early death (OR 0.87, 95% confidence interval, CI 0.54 to 1.23) - 8.1 mmHg; death at end of follow up (OR 0.96, 95% CI 0.31 to 1.65) - 14.4 mmHg; and combined death or dependency at end of follow up (OR 0.95, 95% CI 0.11 to 1.72) - 14.6 mmHg. Although large falls or increases in BP are associated with a worse outcome, modest reductions may reduce death, and combined death or dependency, although the confidence intervals are wide and compatible with overall benefit or hazard.

Citation

Geeganage, C., & Bath, P. M. (in press). Relationship between therapeutic changes in blood pressure and outcomes in acute stroke: a metaregression. Hypertension, 54(4), https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.109.133538

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 30, 2009
Online Publication Date Aug 3, 2009
Deposit Date Oct 23, 2010
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Hypertension
Print ISSN 2224-1485
Electronic ISSN 1524-4563
Publisher Publishing House Zaslavsky
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 54
Issue 4
DOI https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.109.133538
Keywords acute stroke, blood pressure, metaregression, randomized controlled trial
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/705573
Publisher URL http://hyper.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.133538

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